pettily Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- small-minded
- insular
- narrow-minded
- sectarian
- lilliputian
- illiberal
- stubborn
- rigid
- picayune
- provincial
- partisan
Weak:
- wrongheaded
- one-sided
- unyielding
- old-fashioned
- stuffy
- prejudiced
- intolerant
- opinionative
- limited
- stodgy
- jaundiced
- unsophisticated
- dogmatical
- obstinate
- straightlaced
- dogmatic
- obdurate
- partial
- discriminating
- biased
- reactionary
- bigoted
- straitlaced
- hidebound
- opinionated
- discriminatory
- ironbound
- inflexible
Meaning of pettily
pettily (r)
in a petty way
pettily (adv.)
In a petty manner; frivolously.
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.
little, narrow,small, parochial, small-minded, insular, narrow-minded, sectarian, Lilliputian, illiberal
liberal, open, catholic, open, receptive, tolerant, liberal, cosmopolitan, receptive, 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.
