Definition of petty

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Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..

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Princekin :: Princekin (n.) A petty prince; a princeling.
Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..
Regulus :: Regulus (n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
Knack :: Knack (n.) A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
Trivial :: Trivial (a.) Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair..
Pusil :: Pusil (a.) Very small; little; petty.
Cazic :: Cazic (n.) A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Bother :: Bother (n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother..
Pilfery :: Pilfery (n.) Petty theft.
Chandlerly :: Chandlerly (a.) Like a chandler; in a petty way.
Sheepbite :: Sheepbite (v. i.) To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts..
Puny :: Puny (superl.) Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
Squid :: Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate..
Pettychaps :: Pettychaps (n.) Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis)..
Dinar :: Dinar (n.) A petty money of accounts of Persia.
Whigling :: Whigling (n.) A petty or inferior Whig; -- used in contempt.
Puisny :: Puisny (a.) Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.
Pickery :: Pickery (n.) Petty theft.
Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances..
Pettily :: Pettily (adv.) In a petty manner; frivolously.
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