piddly
Example Sentences
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This is a column about an investment of less than $1 million by a piddly little pension fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Her rebel leader dominates the first act, making DiCaprio’s Bob look like a piddly, ponytailed follower barely fit to lick her combat boot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Dominick’s payout by 2008, when he was fired, cannot have been piddly.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Traffic delays were relatively piddly this week, suggesting fewer commuters than usual even got in their cars—and offering something of a natural experiment in the concept of “induced demand.”
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2023
The city of Madison sprawls between two lakes, Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, and dribbling out of these are other piddly lakes.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
