Synonyms for a trifle
a 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

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1. a trifle

   Read the full text of the A Trifle poem by Henry Timrod on the Poetry.com website.

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How to use a trifle in a sentence?

1. Homer:

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

2. Michelangelo:

   Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

3. 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.

4. George Crabbe:

   Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

5. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.