All 5 Uses of
trifle
in
The Awakening
- The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.†
Chpt 8 *
- Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman's favor.†
Chpt 9
- Madame Lebrun grew a trifle hysterical; Robert called his brother some sharp, hard names.†
Chpt 15
- But it's just such seeming trifles that we've got to take seriously; such things count."†
Chpt 17
- He thrust the pouch back in his pocket, as if to put away the subject with the trifle which had brought it up.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity