pettily (Meaning)
pettily (r)
in a petty way
pettily (adv.)
In a petty manner; frivolously.
Synonyms & Antonyms of pettily
Synonyms:
- reactionary
- opinionative
- old-fashioned
- obdurate
- partial
- straitlaced
- unyielding
- discriminating
- limited
- straightlaced
- intolerant
- opinionated
- biased
- inflexible
- bigoted
- discriminatory
- hidebound
- obstinate
- unsophisticated
- stuffy
- jaundiced
- dogmatic
- wrongheaded
- dogmatical
- stodgy
- one-sided
- prejudiced
- ironbound
Antonyms:
pettily Sentence Examples
- She responded pettily to his harmless comment, sending him a barrage of sarcastic texts.
- The mayor's decision to reduce parking fees was met with petty protests from local businesses.
- The neighbors engaged in a petty feud over the placement of a fence.
- The child pettily refused to play with his classmates because they wouldn't give him a specific toy.
- The politician's pettiness led him to attack his rival's personal life rather than focus on policy.
- The company fired the employee pettily for failing to meet an arbitrary quota.
- The critic wrote a scathing review, pettily nitpicking at the author's work.
- The teacher penalized the students pettily, even for minor infractions.
- The landlord pettily withheld rent reduction for tenants who had fallen on hard times.
- The ex-boyfriend spread petty rumors about their relationship after the breakup.
FAQs About the word pettily
in a petty wayIn a petty manner; frivolously.
narrow, little, parochial,small, rigid, illiberal, sectarian, insular,provincial, partisan
tolerant, receptive,liberal, cosmopolitan, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, catholic, tolerant, catholic
She responded pettily to his harmless comment, sending him a barrage of sarcastic texts.
The mayor's decision to reduce parking fees was met with petty protests from local businesses.
The neighbors engaged in a petty feud over the placement of a fence.
The child pettily refused to play with his classmates because they wouldn't give him a specific toy.
