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frivolityfri‧vol‧i‧ty /frɪˈvɒləti $ -ˈvɑː-/ noun (plural frivolities) - Your frivolity is out of place on such a solemn occasion.
- Beyond this opened a small glass-sided cubicle from which a senior clerk could watch for frivolity among the underlings.
- If our foreign services waste their time on such frivolity, why have them?
- John somewhat disapproves of the frivolity.
- They have wondered about the urgency of numerous products of great frivolity.
- To be a man apart, he must not be distracted by the frivolities of the world and he must be educated.
- Wickham thought it extraordinary how the frivolity of the journalists was spreading.
1[countable, uncountable] behaviour or activities that are not serious or sensible, especially when you should be serious or sensible: I don’t think such frivolity helps the organization’s public image.2[countable] something that is silly and unimportant: Try not to be distracted by the frivolities of the world. |