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Definition
not serious- in behavior or attitude — as when acting silly or without appropriate seriousness
- in content — as when describing something as trivial or unimportant
- Instead of helping, her remarks were frivolous.
frivolous = not serious
- a frivolous young man
- a frivolous novel
- A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.Marcus Valerius Martialis
- she asked with the same frivolous irony.Tolstoy, Leo -- Anna Karenina
- FRIVOLOUS REQUESTS? Puppet heads? I'm supposed to concentrate on puppet heads NOW?? This is an OUTRAGE!Lincoln Pierce -- Big Nate - In a Class by Himself
- It showed Atticus barefooted and in short pants, chained to a desk: he was diligently writing on a slate while some frivolous-looking girls yelled, "Yoo-hoo!" at him.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell...William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew
- she spent no time in indulging the frivolous.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- I pondered upon all this frivolity until my teeth were on edge.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum
- [ROS marches up behind her, puts his hands over her eyes and says with a desperate frivolity.]
ROS: Guess who?!Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - I've never met such frivolous people as you before, or anybody so unbusinesslikeAnton Chekhov -- The Cherry Orchard
- A girl's girl, all the way, all pink and fluff and frivolity.Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- He will watch as the frivolity of my mood directs the depletion of his funds in whatever unnecessary and trivial manner I can and do imagine.Stephen King -- Rose Red
- I know that you have always flashed around a lot of money and spent it frivolously.Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
- so I pondered until all such frivolous thoughts were ended by an avalanche of books sliding down on to the desk in front of me.Virginia Woolf -- A Room of One's Own
- They think you're too frivolous.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
- His gifts were never frivolous or the result of Saturday morning cartoon advertising, but thoughtful and delightful.Sharon M. Draper -- Forged by Fire
- the elaborate frivolity of chessEdgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue
frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness
frivolous = unserious
frivolous = unimportant
frivolous = things not serious or important
frivolity = lack of seriousness
frivolity = lightheartedness (lack of seriousness)
frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness
frivolity = lack of seriousness
frivolity = lack of seriousness
frivolously = in a carefree (not serious) manner
frivolous = not serious
frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness
frivolous = not serious
frivolity = unimportance (lack of seriousness)