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Get to know Piffling better with 1 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fiddling or trivial.

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Piffling in a sentence

Piffling meaning

present participle and gerund of piffle

Synonyms of Piffling

fiddling trivial picayune petty piddling niggling little lilliputian footling unimportant

Related words

Other words often associated with Piffling or its synonyms:

midget tiny diminutive insignificant small petite bantam junior wee secondary inconsiderable teensy

Using Piffling

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of piffle
  • Useful related words include: fiddling, trivial, picayune, petty.

Context around Piffling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

ten 1×

Sentence patterns with Piffling

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

leaves a piffling ten to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

this leaves a 1×

Common sentence endings:

for capital votes 1×

Words around Piffling

Just before it in the word index:

piffle 2 piffari 3 pif 52 piezoresistive 2 piezoelectricity 9 piezoelectric 58

Just after it in the word index:

pig 746 pigafetta 4 pigalle 6 pigasus 2 pigb 4 pigeon 235

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Piffling

  • In this selection, "piffling" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 13 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ten stand out and add context to how "piffling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include leaves a piffling ten to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "piffling" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with piffling

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This leaves a piffling ten to 25 per cent ostensibly for capital votes. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

This leaves a piffling ten to 25 per cent ostensibly for capital votes. (13 words)

Example sentences (1)

This leaves a piffling ten to 25 per cent ostensibly for capital votes.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "piffling" in a sentence?
An example: "This leaves a piffling ten to 25 per cent ostensibly for capital votes." This page contains 1 example sentence with the word "piffling" from authentic English texts.
What does "piffling" mean?
Piffling means: present participle and gerund of piffle
What are synonyms of "piffling"?
Common synonyms of "piffling" include: fiddling, trivial, picayune, petty, piddling, niggling, little, lilliputian. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "piffling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 1 example sentence with "piffling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.