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frivolously

/friv-uh-luhs-lee/US // ˈfrɪv ə ləs li //

轻率地,轻率,轻狂,轻浮

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a way that is characterized by lack of seriousness, good sense, or any worthwhile purpose:He had an income comfortable enough that he could spend some of it frivolously and extravagantly.I'm not asking the question frivolously; I am in earnest.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlightly
Synonyms
casually随便说说,随便,随意,胡乱地delicately娇滴滴地,巧妙地,娇艳地,娇嫩地easily很容易,容易,轻松地,轻松faintly隐约可见,隐隐约约地,隐约地,隐隐约约freely自如的,自如地,自如,自由自在gingerly轻轻地,缓慢地,轻轻的,怯生生地mildly轻度,温和地,温和的,温和moderately中度,适度,中等,中等程度quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地slightly略有,稍微,稍微有点,略微softly轻轻地,轻轻的,柔和地,轻轻地说sparsely稀少的,稀少,稀疏地,稀疏的subtly巧妙地,巧妙的,巧妙,微妙地tenderly温柔地,温柔的,温柔地对待,轻轻地thinly薄薄地,薄薄的,稀疏地,稀疏agilely敏捷地,灵活地,敏捷的,敏捷airily轻轻地,气喘吁吁,飘飘然,气喘吁吁地breezily微风拂面,微风吹拂,轻轻地,微风拂过carelessly不经意地,不经意间,不小心,不经意的daintily潇洒地,潇洒的,潇洒,淡淡地ethereally空灵的,精神上,空灵,空灵地flippantly草草地,草草了事,胡乱地,胡乱heedlessly漫不经心地,漫不经心,不经意地,漫不经心的indifferently漠然地,冷漠地,漠然,漠视地leniently宽大地,宽松地,宽厚地,宽大处理nimbly敏捷地,飘逸地,飘飘然地,飘逸peacefully平静地,和平地,平安地,平静的readily随时随地,随时,辄,欣然slightingly微微地,稍微,稍微有点,微微smoothly顺利地,平稳地,顺利的,顺利sparingly节省,稀少的,稀少,稀少地tenuously勉强,勉强地,勉强的,切实thoughtlessly不经意地,不加思索地,不经意间,漫不经心地timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地unsubstantially非实质性,非实质性的,非实质性地,毫无意义的well很好,良好的,好的,好

Examples

  • One British general frivolously put it, “I am afraid that the dear old Church has missed the bus this trip.”

  • Certainly he did not spend his money frivolously, and he never had done so.

  • How could he himself pay court to her when she frivolously, if only for the moment, preferred this commoner's company?

  • Surely his life up to this time had not been so frivolously classical as to cause him any deserved regrets.

  • The hesitancy is because the word and its relationship are spoken of lightly, frivolously, so much, even in good circles.