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Most trifling
Answer for the clue "Most trifling ", 8 letters:
pettiest
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a. (en-superlativepetty)
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Petty \Pet"ty\, a. [Compar. Pettier ; superl. Pettiest .] [OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. Petit .] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. --Denham. Like ...
Usage examples of pettiest.
In some cases, even the pettiest legal formalities are dispensed with.
One longed for movement in spite of everything, and I plunged all at once into dark, underground, loathsome vice of the pettiest kind.
So they were able to spend their time giving longwinded speeches on the glories of republicanism and issuing challenges to each other over the pettiest slights imaginable.
Many a respectably well-dressed lady, many a fine old gentleman, many an elderly spinster whose religion had kept her young would never have come to know the thief in their hearts if your voice had not tempted them to steal, not to mention the changes it wrought in self-righteous citizens who until that hour had looked upon the pettiest and most incompetent of pickpockets as a dangerous criminal.
For a long time the Old One paced back and forth and swore with the pettiest foul oaths of the marketplace and gutter until at last, shaking and out of breath, he stood before the altar and stared up at the banner of the reversed pentagram on the wall behind it.