The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.
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The state of being close.
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The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
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The condition or quality of being narrow.
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The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
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Niggardliness.
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Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness.
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The quality or condition of being tight.
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Want of importance; triviality.
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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…
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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…
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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…
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Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
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Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.
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The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
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The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.
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The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
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The quality or state of being small.
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The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
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