paltrily


pal·try

P0033600 (pôl′trē)adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est 1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial.2. Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible: was paid a paltry sum for his work.3. Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible: "I would far rather burn my whole book, than that he or any other man should think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit" (Charles Darwin).
[Probably from obsolete and dialectal paltry, trash, perhaps from Low German paltrig, ragged, from palte, rag.]
pal′tri·ly adv.pal′tri·ness n.