adv
Meaning 1
In a trivial manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
trivially
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a frivolously trivial manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- trivially motivated requests
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adverb
Meaning 3
with little effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we can prove trivially that this theorem is false
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English trivial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English trivially From trivial + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: triviaalisti — in a trivial manner
- Hungarian: triviálisan — in a trivial manner
- Polish: bagatelnie — in a trivial manner
- Polish: błaho — in a trivial manner