All 5 Uses of
petty
in
Main Street
- During her three years of library work several men showed diligent interest in her—the treasurer of a fur-manufacturing firm, a teacher, a newspaper reporter, and a petty railroad official.†
Chpt 1
- So rarely did she nag in this petty, hot-weather fashion that he was astonished rather than angry.†
Chpt 24 *
- Then, in a very great desire of rebellion and unleashing of all her hatreds, "The pettier and more tawdry it is, the more blame to Main Street.†
Chpt 30
- And not one man in town to carry out their pioneer tradition of superb and contemptuous cursing, not one to verify the myth that their "rough chivalry" and "rugged virtues" were more generous than the petty scandal-picking of older lands, not one dramatic frontiersman to thunder, with fantastic and fictional oaths, "What are you hinting at?†
Chpt 32
- Her glimpse of tasks involving millions of people and a score of nations reduced Main Street from bloated importance to its actual pettiness.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(petty as in: a petty crime) of less importance -- at times implying insignificance