PIDDLY Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

piddly

adjective

ˈpid-lē

Definition of piddly

as in nominal

so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention there's only a piddly difference in price between the two paintings, so take whichever you prefer

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Recent Examples of piddly The piddly fines certainly aren’t a deterrent. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 This stole the top spot from 1993, with its piddly 76 days over 100. — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024 Byrne is still a United States congressman and that’s no piddly thing. — Kyle Whitmire, al, 7 Nov. 2019 This information isn't written in the controller's piddly instruction manual. — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018 After Kilauea's 1924 summit explosions, the volcano entered a decade of piddly rumblings, followed by 18 years of silence. — Sophia Yan and Malcolm Ritter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piddly

Adjective

Current bond yields, which tend to track nominal GDP trends, are still reflecting the rise in inflation that occurred during Covid.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 20 July 2026
The walls had a nominal utility as fences for the dairy herd that was milked in the great white cow barn, but this was only ever a Gilded Age fantasy of the rustic idyll.

— Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

Definition of nominal

Adjective

There were four outlandish, outcast characters, whom Goldberg utterly embodied with something as slight as the crossing of her eyes or the dragging of her leg.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
That total marks a slight increase in applications from the previous year, when the department reported receiving 52,529.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026

Definition of slight

Adjective

Things slowly improved as drummers were encouraged at Arrowhead, but even a big turnout of 20,000 fans looked tiny in a stadium that could seat four times that number.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Unlike a felt-tip pen, which delivers a relatively consistent line, a brush liner behaves more like a tiny paintbrush.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026

Definition of tiny

Adjective

Hegseth has already challenged that premise in ways both meaningful and petty, by circumventing the normal promotion process to push out officers far below him or to stall their advancements, and by firing senior officers set for even higher rank.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
But while Argentina was being petty and petulant, Spain was practically perfect in every way.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of petty

Adjective

Shop our eight favorite toilet paper holders below and spotlight the no-longer-insignificant design moment.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 July 2026
The weight penalty over the coupe is about 198 pounds, which is not insignificant, though the complex folding system can open and close the top in just 14 seconds at up to 30 mph.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 15 July 2026

Definition of insignificant

Adjective

Ireland’s Strategy For Quantum Technologies Building and sustaining a new industry is never a trivial undertaking.

— Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Justice John Dixon said Bauer Media had failed to show the claims made about Wilson were substantially true or trivial.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of trivial

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