Antonyms for a triflea tri·fle

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1. a trifleadverb

   Synonyms:
   a tad, a smidgeon, a bit

2. a trifleadverb

   A little.

   Could you lend me some money? I'm a trifle short of what I need to pay the rent.

   Synonyms:
   a bit, a tad, a smidgeon

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1. a bit, a little, a trifleadverb

   to a small degree; somewhat

   "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller"

   Synonyms:
   a bit, a little

How to use a trifle in a sentence?

1. Michelangelo:

   Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

2. E. B. White:

   You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.

3. John Locke:

   Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.

4. Homer:

   The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

5. Michelangelo Buonarroti:

   Trifles go to make perfection,And perfection is no trifle.

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