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trivially

trivially

4 3.6
In an obvious way that needs very little effort and seems unimportant
  • adverb
  • /ˈtrɪviəli/
translation icon : trivialmente
  • Solving this math problem is trivially easy for anyone who remembers basic algebra.
  • trivially true

Nuclear waste is trivially easy to deal with.

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Examples

  • The code in the last twenty-four nodes was trivially simple and straightforward.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • In the next decade or so, it's going to become trivially easy to assemble DNA.

  • Nuclear waste is trivially easy to deal with.

  • It's just it's both trivially easy to use, safe to set up and knock down.

  • It's it does things trivially that would be a nightmare to do any other way.

  • You still have refused to clarify what you were talking about despite its "trivially easy" nature.

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  • But if I wanted to break the law, it would be trivially easy because there are no ID checks.

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  • One thing you can do trivially with that kind of capacity is full lifelogging for everyone.

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  • Any model that has people moving from one sector to another is trivially false.

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  • Additional borrowing just to stay afloat, without generating any future returns, is trivially a bad idea.

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Synonyms

simply
vstrivially
110 1.0

You do this in a plain way without extra things

treats it as unimportant rather than merely plain
effortlessly
vstrivially
30 3.1

To do something without needing to try

implies lack of importance rather than just low effort
self-evidently
vstrivially
2 5.5

In a way that is obvious and needs no explanation

emphasizes being unimportant rather than being merely obvious
facilely
vstrivially
  • Formal
1 6.7

In an easy way that shows little care or thought

treats something as unimportant rather than focusing on depth
unimportantly
vstrivially
4.9

In a way that does not matter much

portrays lack of importance because something is obvious or easy

Antonyms

1.6

In a way that shows you mean what you say

significantly
  • Specialized
351 3.5

By a large, noticeable amount that makes a difference

How Obvious

trivially
4 3.6
clearly
881 1.0
subtly
48 5.1
obscurely
2 7.7

Surface Forms

trivially positive

Morphology

trivially = trivial (transparent) = trivial + ly

The word is transparently derived from 'trivial' by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Trivially comes from the Latin trivium, a place where three roads met, from tri- 'three' and via 'road'. Because such meeting places were for ordinary, everyday talk, trivially came to mean 'in a simple, obvious, or unimportant way'.