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[Eng. trivial; -ity.] 1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivial ne . 2. A trivial thing or matter; a trifle; a matter of little or no value. triv-i-al-ly, adv. [Eng. trivial; -ly.] *1. In a trivial manner; commonly, vulgarly, tritely. "How trivially common it is, that Luther was the sonne of an Incubus, the disciple of the divell." -Bp . Hall: of an Incubus, the disciples 10. 2. Lightly, inconsiderably; in a trifling manner or degree. "Art was not an amusement-it was a serious busine of life, and those who treated it trivially desecrated their pursuit and did injustice to themselves." -Observer , Sept. 27, 1885.