frivolously
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˈfrɪv.ə.ləs.li/
:
frívolamente
- We continue to spend frivolously, live above our means, and do not care about the poor and less fortunate!
- spend frivolously
- treat frivolously
- act frivolously
Like I like to treat myself, but I never waste money or spend it, like, frivolously.
- Like I like to treat myself, but I never waste money or spend it, like, frivolously.
- And so one, stop the outgoing money that's frivolously going out.
- I try not to spend my money frivorous frivolously.
- He says they don't rest on stable causes, but they are disrupted as frivolously as they are produced.
- And the thing he does to his son to ensure that he does not kill frivolously as a vampire is powerful.
Examples
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Some will sleep in tents, others will live frivolously.
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He approached his studies frivolously, which ultimately hurt his grades.
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We're not just doing things frivolously and doing fun things.
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Worse yet, they spend that easily made money more frivolously.
Blog text (20) -
I wouldn't do it frivolously.
Fiction book (1990) -
I don't think that anyone should be able to take it lightly or frivolously.
Blog text (31) -
That's millions of dollars that will be wasted and spent frivolously, and millions that will subsidize the lazy poor.
Blog text (7) -
We frequently say in academe that we are spending the public's money, so we can't spend it frivolously or inefficiently.
Blog text (11) -
She chose to spend her vacation frivolously, enjoying parties instead of relaxation.
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The children laughed frivolously as they played in the park without a care in the world.
Synonyms
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6.7
In a light, careless way that shows little worry
Speaks or acts in a joking way
Antonyms
How Frivolous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Frivolously comes from an old French and Latin word frivolus meaning 'worthless' or 'trivial', and you can see the same root in frivolity. So to act frivolously is to behave in a light, silly, or not serious way that shows little real care.