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tritely

ADVERB
  1. in a trite manner
    tritely expressed emotions

How To Use tritely In A Sentence

  • That was rude of me, Colbert says, faux contritely. Stephen Colbert walks out on 'The View'
  • A man should pray with eyes fast-closed and head contritely bowed.
  • Intriguing, but some of it borders on the tritely aphoristic. August « 2009 « Squares of Wheat
  • But as the firms began contritely co-operating with officials on settlements of the charges, investors responded rapidly.
  • US President Barack Obama has contritely urged tourists to visit gambling heaven Las Vegas after recent remarks that were interpreted as telling Americans to shun recession-battered "Sin City.
  • Instead of standing contritely he had a tantrum and consequently was locked in the principal's office. Christopher Brauchli: Crime and Children's Punishment
  • “The head of Sci-Fi channel has contritely promised to includemore homosex in future shows, and to do it nonchalantly, just as if this abomination is normal and natural and worthy of no comment.” and: At the crossroads of desire and fear, we find such things as this « paper fruit
  • I tell him that, tritely and reductively, this could be his own story. Times, Sunday Times
  • She smiled contritely, her voice sounding oh so reasonable. Three Stages of Amazement
  • The lad's nationality had nothing to do with anything, a fact contritely conceded later by the person who made the first remark.
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