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pettily

 

Definitions from WordNet

Adverbial pettily has 1 sense
  1. pettily - in a petty way
    Derived from adjective
    petty3

Definitions from the Web

Pettily

Adverb

Meaning: in a small-minded or insignificant way

Example sentence: She refused to talk to her coworker pettily because he had borrowed her stapler without asking.

Noun:

Meaning: the state or quality of being trivial

Example sentence: His pettily was evident in the way he argued about the color of the office walls.

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