Letters that make petty
e, p, t, y are letters that make 'petty'
3 possible definitions for 'petty'
Under this definition, petty is a noun and has the following properties:
petit larceny, petty larceny have the same meaning as 'petty'
grand larceny, grand theft have the opposite meaning of 'petty'
Under this definition, petty is an adjective and has the following properties:
fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, picayune, trivial have the same meaning as 'petty'
'petty' can be a useage of colloquialism.
triviality, trivia, trifle, pettiness, littleness, smallness, puniness, trivialize, trivialise, small beer, slightness are derivatives of 'petty'.
unimportant is similar to petty.
"a fiddling sum of money", "a footling gesture", "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war", "a little (or small) matter", "a dispute over niggling details", "limited to petty enterprises", "piffling efforts", "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
Under this definition, petty is an adjective and has the following properties:
small-minded has the same meaning as petty
pettiness is a derivative of petty.
narrow-minded, narrow are similar to 'petty'.
"petty little comments", "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"