All 5 Uses of
trifle
in
Grendel
- It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things--discounting men.†
Chpt 1
- "Up to you," I answered reasonably, "but you'll admit it may seem at least a trifle cowardly to some.†
Chpt 6
- A glorious moment was coming, my chest insisted, and even the fact that I myself would have no part in it--a member of the race God cursed, according to the Shaper's tale--was trifling.†
Chpt 7
- Condemn it because it sends down stifling darkness, sucks the life from grass, and whitens the sapling leaf for trifling, fluttering friends?†
Chpt 8
- Not just a trifle evil. Monstrously evil.
Chpt 8 *trifle = little (in amount)
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity