All 13 Uses of
trifle
in
Nine Stories
- He sat up a trifle straighter--or rather, slumped a trifle less.†
Story 3
- He sat up a trifle straighter--or rather, slumped a trifle less.†
Story 3
- A trifle wildly, he looked at the Comanches near his seat and signalled the row to give way.†
Story 4
- A couple of the very youngest children dragged the tempo a trifle, but in a way that only the composer's mother could have found fault with.†
Story 6
- I was getting a trifle posture-conscious and I sat up somewhat straighter in my seat.†
Story 6
- "Yes," she said, a trifle grimly.†
Story 6
- He sat back a trifle in his chair and smoked without any sense of taste.†
Story 6
- Clay looked surprised, almost a trifle hurt.†
Story 6
- The neckline and temples had been trimmed conventionally close, but the sides and top had been left rather more than just longish, and were, in fact, a trifle "distinguished-looking."†
Story 7
- I quickly stood up as he came into my vicinity, stooping a trifle in order not to look disrespectfully tall.†
Story 8
- After thirteen years, I not only distinctly remember all six of Sister Irma's samples, but four of them I sometimes think I remember a trifle too distinctly for my own peace of mind.†
Story 8
- Joseph of Arimathea followed directly behind them--bearing himself, under the circumstances, perhaps a trifle too erectly.†
Story 8
- The substance of it seemed to me a trifle thin,
Story 8 *trifle = just a little (a small quantity)
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity