All 3 Uses of
petty
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- I'm dying to tell you about another one of our clashes, but before I do I'd like to say this: I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters.
Chpt 42-09 (definition 1) *petty = unimportant
- Anyone who's so petty and pedantic at the age of fifty-four was born that way and is never going to change.
Chpt 43-07 (definition 2) *petty = focusing on unimportant things
- All very petty.
Chpt 44-06 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (petty as in: a petty crime) of less importance -- at times implying insignificance
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(2) (petty as in: don't be petty) unpleasantly focusing on an unimportant flaw; or attempting to make someone suffer for an unimportant wrong