petty vs wide

petty

adj
  • Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns. 

  • Of or relating to the lowest grade or level of school; junior, primary. 

  • Little or small in size. 

  • Having little or no importance. 

  • Secondary in importance or rank; minor, subordinate. 

noun
  • An outbuilding used as a lavatory; an outhouse, a privy. 

  • A class or school for young schoolboys. 

wide

adj
  • Antagonistic, provocative. 

  • Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation. 

  • Operating at the side of the playing area. 

  • Large in scope. 

  • Having a large physical extent from side to side. 

  • On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc. 

adv
  • away from or to one side of a given goal 

  • completely 

  • extensively 

  • So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening. 

noun
  • A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score 

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