PETTILY

pettily

(adverb) in a petty way

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

pettily (comparative more pettily, superlative most pettily)

In a petty manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pet"ti*ly, adv.

Definition: In a petty manner; frivolously.

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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