PETTY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • contemptibly narrow in outlook
   Synonym(s)
   • small-minded (what does small-minded mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • petty little comments
   • disgusted with their small-minded pettiness
   Similar To
   • narrow-minded (what does narrow-minded mean?)
   • narrow (what does narrow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (informal terms) small and of little importance
   Synonym(s)
   • fiddling (what does fiddling mean?)
   • footling (what does footling mean?)
   • lilliputian (what does lilliputian mean?)
   • little (what does little mean?)
   • Mickey Mouse (what does Mickey Mouse mean?)
   • niggling (what does niggling mean?)
   • picayune (what does picayune mean?)
   • piddling (what does piddling mean?)
   • piffling (what does piffling mean?)
   • trivial (what does trivial mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   • Mickey Mouse regulations
   • a dispute over nig
   Similar To
   • unimportant (what does unimportant mean?)