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- Dictionarypal·try/ˈpôltrē/
adjective
- 1. (of an amount) small or meager: "she would earn a paltry $33 more each month" Similar Opposite
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Paltry means inferior, trashy, mean, trivial, or meager. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and history of this adjective from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
PALTRY definition: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
adjective. contemptibly small in amount. “a paltry wage”. synonyms: measly, miserable. meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy. deficient in amount or quality or extent. adjective. not worth considering. “he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost”.
Paltry definition: ridiculously or insultingly small. See examples of PALTRY used in a sentence.
PALTRY meaning: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
A paltry amount of money or of something else is one that you consider to be very small. ...a paltry fine of £150. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
Paltry means too small or insignificant to be important or useful. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as money, work or gestures, and find synonyms and word origin.