"frivolously" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-frivolously.wav [US] Forms: more frivolously [comparative], most frivolously [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English frivolous Middle English -ly English -ly English frivolously From frivolous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|frivolous|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English frivolous Middle English -ly English -ly English frivolously [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "frivolously", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="frivolously"> From frivolous + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} frivolously (comparative more frivolously, superlative most frivolously)
  1. In a frivolous manner Translations (in a frivolous manner): frívolament (Catalan), frivool (Dutch), malserioze (Esperanto), naurettavasti (Finnish), typerästi (Finnish), kevytmielisesti (Finnish), hölmösti (Finnish), mitättömästi (Finnish), jonninjoutavasti (Finnish), frivolamente (Galician), frivolamente (Italian), frīvolē (Latin), frivolamente (Portuguese), frívolamente (Spanish)
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