Crossword clues for tritely
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trite \Trite\ (tr[imac]t), a. [L. tritus, p. p. of terere to rub, to wear out; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. Contrite, Detriment, Tribulation, Try.] Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a trite manner.
WordNet
adv. in a trite manner; "tritely expressed emotions"
Usage examples of "tritely".
All this is very vaguely and tritely expressed by our mouseman, and we need not bother about it.
Slim bantered tritely and belatedly, and gulped remorsefully when he saw that he was "joshing" an unconscious man.
She was sleeping in a foetal bundle: white cotton nightie, kneecaps for breasts, her little brown thumb planted tritely in her mouth.