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