petty \pet"ty\ pe^t"ty^, a. compar. pettier
   pe^t"ti^~er; superl. pettiest. oe. petit, f.
   petit; probably of celtic origin, and akin to e. piece. cf.
   petit.
   little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
   inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a
   petty prince. --denham.
   1913 webster

         like a petty god
         i walked about, admired of all.          --milton.
   1913 webster

   petty averages. see under average.

   petty cash, money expended or received in small items or
      amounts.

   petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
      corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
      1913 webster

   note: for petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
         treason, see petit.
         1913 webster

   syn: little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
        trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
        1913 webster
see also:
pettier pettiest petit petty averages average petty cash 
petty officer 

petty
     adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
            corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
            functionary" syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower,
             lower-ranking, lowly, pettya, secondary, subaltern,
             subordinate
     2: informal terms small and of little importance; "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"; "mickey mouse
        regulations"; "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" syn: fiddling, footling,
         lilliputian, little, mickey mouse, niggling, piddling,
         piffling, picayune, trivial
     3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
        "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" syn: small-minded
     also: pettiest, pettier
see also:
junior-grade inferior lower lower-ranking lowly pettya 
secondary subaltern subordinate fiddling footling 
lilliputian little mickey mouse niggling piddling 
piffling picayune trivial small-minded pettiest 
pettier 

pettiest
     see petty
see also:
petty