Definitions for Petty

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IPA: /ˈpɛt i/

Petty is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Petty (eptty).

Definitions for Petty

noun

1. Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
2. William, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice Lansdowne.

adjective

1. of little or no importance or consequence:
2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor:
3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.:
4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things:
5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit:
6. of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind:

Origin of Petty

1325-75; Middle English peti(t) small, minor Old French petit Gallo-Romance *pittīttus, of expressive orig.

Examples for Petty

Not that in his presence she became vain or petty or jealous; that would have been impossible.

What did he care then for Halbert Davis and his petty malice!

This kind of petty bribery is, of course, abominable, and should never be countenanced.

Now that he was gone there would be nothing but quarrels and petty jealousies.

But when the end result is tens of millions raised, do the shades of vanity or petty grudges truly matter?

No more cynically cutting opposition candidates out of a district for petty political purposes.

petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”

Sure, you may call this petty, but it really does chap my hide!

No matter by what petty trials they were caught so that they were really caught.

In no way, he said, did Brown deserve to die for what began as petty theft.