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Comparative for of a very small or negligible amount
“It yielded to the great bard only a paltry five pounds.”
Comparative for having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled
“The farmhouse stood right in the middle of the fields with only a paltry row of shade trees to the south along the driveway.”
Comparative for significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention
“He was our coachman, and my father once had him arrested, on account of some paltry offense, for twenty-four hours.”
Comparative for deserving of hatred and contempt
“They saw immediately the insidious nature of the principle involved in this paltry scheme.”
Comparative for low in quality or below expectations
“These same gentry made them in shakudo, but with paltry workmanship, making up for their deficiencies with plenty of gold and silver.”
Comparative for lacking in credibility, or failing to convince
“The fellow then made some paltry excuse for being absent from church.”
Comparative for lacking conviction or force
“She rolled her lips inward, a paltry attempt at disguising the humor she'd been squelching.”
Comparative for of low social, administrative, or political rank
“Do you take me for some paltry plebeian, that I should examine the price of every article?”
Comparative for contemptuous of what is right, decent or honorable
“But I know ye, Sirrah, know all your paltry tricks, your devious windings, quirks, and shiftings, and will uncase ye to the world.”
Comparative for requiring or involving very little or no effort
Comparative for displaying severe degradation and neglect
(colloquial) Comparative for not important or worthy of note
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