tritely expressed emotions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : the trite phrases in his letter. ,The commencement address was trite and endlessly long. From Dictionary.com.
Er, a lubber Rye tritely saluted other than a nefarious Rye. From Wordnik.com. [Planet-x.com.au » The Catcher in the Rye softcover book Rye softcover new in] Reference
Or, perhaps more accurately (if somewhat tritely), a journey. From Wordnik.com. […coming out again, and again, and again « Sven’s guide to…] Reference
Intriguing, but some of it borders on the tritely aphoristic. From Wordnik.com. [August « 2009 « Squares of Wheat] Reference
"I meant not to cause thee distress," Fleta said con - tritely. From Wordnik.com. [Robot Adept]
Some trite-but-true thing was being tritely but truthfully expressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Hotel New Hampshire]
Put tritely, it is deity saying at least where Christianity is concerned. From Wordnik.com. [on Forgiveness | Mind on Fire] Reference
Moreover, Richardson often goes far and tritely out of his way in his preaching. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
He nodded to himself as he drew off his trousers and stood up, saying tritely: —. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Superfluous subplots, lame characters, tritely aestheticized -- it's all the same. From Wordnik.com. [In the Valley of Elah (2007): C-] Reference
He had been a ship that passed in the night, as Susan Bel size had so tritely put it. From Wordnik.com. [Tulips For Augusta]
I see from a quick search, that their cause and plight was tritely turned into a family fun board game!. From Wordnik.com. [Ask A Geek - Illuminati] Reference
Although often used tritely, this phrase assumes a certain passivity to the onset of total, bloody war. From Wordnik.com. [Annoying and pretentious terms.] Reference
After looking for many silent minutes at the girl he loved, Donald said, tritely, "A penny for your thoughts, Smiles.". From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
"It would bore you," he responded tritely, confused. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Bag] Reference
I remarked tritely on the commonness of this feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Shapes that Haunt the Dusk] Reference
Mrs. Lathrop looked apologetic, but remained tritely silent. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs] Reference
"I suppose you're wondering why I'm here," she began, tritely. From Wordnik.com. [Broken to the Plow] Reference
Children are a great comfort in ones old age, Ive tritely found. From Wordnik.com. [Act I. The First Man] Reference
` ` You'd better, '' he advised her tritely, ` ` let sleeping dogs lie. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Jean of the Lazy A] Reference
He nodded to himself as he drew off his trousers and stood up, saying tritely. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
He turned at last to Ba'tiste, to ask tritely what he knew could not be answered. From Wordnik.com. [The White Desert] Reference
Also, the Wolf, tritely expressed, had proposed to kill two birds with one stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale] Reference
"The scenery is fine, is it not?" remarked Claudius tritely as they neared Baden. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Claudius, A True Story] Reference
And it is tritely asserted that both 'the Conservatives and UKIP already offer that'. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
"If she's been faking the whole thing, she ought to go on the stage," he muttered tritely. From Wordnik.com. [The Lookout Man] Reference
Therefore it can not be ignored, even in the wake of a tritely so-called historic election. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
"Beauty is a fickle goddess," remarked Ducwitz tritely, settling himself firmly in the saddle. From Wordnik.com. [The Goose Girl] Reference
And he expresses, somewhat tritely, the hope that Saxham's friend was prepared to meet his end. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
"You're quite a stranger!" he greeted her tritely, and added, "But we've been reading about you.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Shepherdess] Reference
And it's high time that presidents quit tritely reciting the presidential oath only to abandon its tenets when they enter the Oval Office. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
He said tritely and with an effort: "For everything there are natural causes. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarians] Reference
"And it is really there, Alixe, despite the fool who recites his creed so tritely. From Wordnik.com. [The Younger Set] Reference
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