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PETTY
petty, small-minded
(adjective) contemptibly narrow in outlook; “petty little comments”; “disgusted with their small-minded pettiness”
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
(adjective) (informal) small and of little importance; “a fiddling sum of money”; “a footling gesture”; “our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war”; “a little (or small) matter”; “a dispute over niggling details”; “limited to petty enterprises”; “piffling efforts”; “giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction”
lowly, lower-ranking, junior-grade, petty, secondary, subaltern
(adjective) inferior in rank or status; “the junior faculty”; “a lowly corporal”; “petty officialdom”; “a subordinate functionary”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pettiest
superlative form of petty: most petty
Source: Wiktionary
PETTY
Pet"ty, a. [Compar. Pettier; superl. Pettiest.] Etym: [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. Petit.]
Definition: Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Denham. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. Milton. Petty averages. See under Average.
– Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts.
– Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See Petit.
Syn.
– Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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