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pettily, adv.|ˈpɛtɪlɪ| [f. petty a. + -ly2.] In a petty, mean, paltry, or trivial way or manner.
1840Gen. P. Thompson Exerc. (1842) V. 86 Nothing has been too grandly mischievous, or too pettily vexatious, for their doing. 1858M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 18 We should rather endeavour a unity of doctrine and spirit among Christians than pettily insist on establishing certain ceremonies. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. (1886) 62 They are..pettily thievish, like the English gipsies. |