All 6 Uses of
frivolous
in
War and Peace
- "Youth, frivolity…. well, God be with him," thought he, relishing his own goodness of heart, "but it must be brought to a head.†
Chpt 3
- He did not like to combine frivolity with the serious business of hunting.†
Chpt 7 *
- She thought her too fashionably dressed, frivolously gay and vain.†
Chpt 8
- With the enemy's approach to Moscow, the Moscovites' view of their situation did not grow more serious but on the contrary became even more frivolous, as always happens with people who see a great danger approaching.†
Chpt 10
- As it is now, war is the favorite pastime of the idle and frivolous.†
Chpt 10
- And when he realized that people might not be aware of his happiness, he pitied them with his whole heart and felt a desire somehow to explain to them that all that occupied them was a mere frivolous trifle unworthy of attention.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
-
(frivolous) not serious
- in behavior or attitude -- as when acting silly or without appropriate seriousness
- in content -- as when describing something as trivial or unimportant