Sample sentences for FRIVOLOUS

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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

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

frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness

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

frivolous = unserious

To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell...
William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew

frivolous = unimportant

she spent no time in indulging the frivolous.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

frivolous = things not serious or important

I pondered upon all this frivolity until my teeth were on edge.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Pit and the Pendulum

frivolity = lack of seriousness

[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

frivolity = lightheartedness (lack of seriousness)

I've never met such frivolous people as you before, or anybody so unbusinesslike
Anton Chekhov -- The Cherry Orchard

frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness

A girl's girl, all the way, all pink and fluff and frivolity.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

frivolity = lack of seriousness

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

frivolity = lack of seriousness

I know that you have always flashed around a lot of money and spent it frivolously.
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift

frivolously = in a carefree (not serious) manner

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

frivolous = not serious

frivolous = lacking in appropriate seriousness

His gifts were never frivolous or the result of Saturday morning cartoon advertising, but thoughtful and delightful.
Sharon M. Draper -- Forged by Fire

frivolous = not serious

the elaborate frivolity of chess
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue

frivolity = unimportance (lack of seriousness)

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