Definitions for paltry
ˈpɔl tripal·t·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. negligible, paltry, triflingadjective

   not worth considering

   "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

2. measly, miserable, paltryadjective

   contemptibly small in amount

   "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. paltryadjective

   trashy, trivial, of little value

2. paltryadjective

   meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PALTRYadjective

   Sorry; worthless; despicable; contemptible; mean.

   Etymology: poltron, French; a scoundrel; paltrocca, a low whore, Italian.

   Then turn your forces from this paltry siege,
   And stir them up against a mightier task. William Shakespeare.

   A very dishonest paltry boy, as appears in leaving his friend here in necessity, and denying him. William Shakespeare.

   Whose compost is paltry and carried too late,
   Such husbandry useth that many do hate. Thomas Tusser, Husb.

   For knights are bound to feel no blows,
   From paltry and unequal foes. Hudibras, p. iii.

   It is an ill habit to squander away our wishes upon paltry fooleries. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 140.

   When such paltry slaves presume
   To mix in treason, if the plot succeeds,
   They’re thrown neglected by; but if it fails,
   They’re sure to die like dogs. Joseph Addison, Cato.

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1. paltry

   Paltry generally refers to something that is small, meager or insignificant in amount, size or worth. It can be used to describe anything considered to be inferior, trivial or of poor quality.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paltry

   mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Paltry

   pawl′tri, adj. mean: vile: worthless.—adv. Pal′trily.—n. Pal′triness. [Teut.; Dan. pialter, rags, Low Ger. paltrig, ragged.]

Anagrams for paltry »

1. partly

2. raptly

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paltry in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paltry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of paltry in a Sentence

1. André Breton:

   To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!

2. Walter Scott:

   One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

3. Demosthenes:

   You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

4. Troy Gayeski:

   If you're a longer-term investor, you still have to like your equities exposure more than fixed-income exposure, where you basically have no upside at this point and your earnings are your paltry yield.

5. William Butler Yeats:

   An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=paltry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paltry
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=paltry
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paltry
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=paltry