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Commonly Paired Adjectives

  1. more
  2. own
  3. such
  4. most
  5. little
  6. universal
  7. numerous
  8. several
  9. mere
  10. much

What Google Knows

Thomas Earl Petty was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist.

Related Definition

  1. petty:

    adj (often derogatory)

    adj Having little or no importance.

    adj Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.

    adj (informal) Inclined to cause frustration or annoyance to others out of spite over minor grievances; extremely vindictive.

    adj (historical) Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary.

    adj (obsolete except in set phrases)

    adj Little or small in size.

    adj Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate.

    n (dialectal, euphemistic, informal) An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy.

    n (historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.

    n (obsolete, chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.

    n A surname.


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