| 释义 |
[ pawl-tree ] / ˈpɔl tri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR paltry ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est.ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. utterly worthless. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward. Origin of paltryFirst recorded in 1560–70; from Low German paltrig “ragged,” equivalent to *palter “rag” (dialectal German Palter) + -ig-y1 SYNONYMS FOR paltry1 minor, inconsiderable, slight, insignificant. SEE SYNONYMS FOR paltry ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR paltrySEE ANTONYMS FOR paltry ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for paltry1. See petty. OTHER WORDS FROM paltrypal·tri·ly, adverbpal·tri·ness, nounun·pal·try, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH paltrypaltry , poultryWords nearby paltrypalstave, palsy, palsy-walsy, palter, Paltrow, paltry, paludal, paludamentum, paludism, Paludrine, pal up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for paltryIn all these elections, it was the suburbs—not paltry gains in the cities—that made the difference. The Progressives’ War on Suburbia|Joel Kotkin|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Also shown are the (paltry) sums spent by each organization on candidates and campaigns. Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet|Tom Dougherty|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Salem the prep school kid felt so slighted by a paltry $3 million bonus in 2011 that he left the firm. Too Big to Jail: Confessions of a Goldman Sachs Brat|Michael Daly|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST In his first season as owner of the San Diego Clippers, the team drew a paltry 4,344 fans a game. How to Rescue the Clippers From Donald Sterling’s Racist Clutches|Jesse Lawrence|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yes, women make up 45% of the Swedish parliament compared to a paltry 18% in the U.S Congress. Can the Gender Gap Be Solved?|Kay Hymowitz|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Tolstoy's eyes they were false, paltry, and immoral, and he was at no pains to disguise his opinions. The Forged Coupon and Other Stories|Leo Tolstoy What self-respecting heroine would abandon her husband and children for sin and a paltry five thousand a year? The Angel and the Author - and Others|Jerome K. Jerome The principals in all great offices will reside in England, make some paltry allowance to deputies for doing the business here. Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies|John Dickinson No taste, no arrangement, paltry looking-glasses, and rats-tail candles. Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal|William Beckford Even this paltry means of support was precarious, and it was resolved to keep the marriage secret. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for paltry
adjective -trier or -triestinsignificant; meagre worthless or petty Derived forms of paltrypaltrily, adverbpaltriness, nounWord Origin for paltryC16: from Low Germanic palter, paltrig ragged Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to paltrymeasly, insignificant, meager, miserable, pitiful, trivial, puny, base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, despicable, ineffectual, limited, low, mean, minor, narrow, petty |