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- Dictionarypaltry/ˈpɔːltri/
adjective
- 1. (of an amount) very small or meagre: "she would earn a paltry £33 more a month" Similar Opposite
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PALTRY definition: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
The meaning of PALTRY is inferior, trashy. How to use paltry in a sentence. Did you know?
Paltry definition: ridiculously or insultingly small. See examples of PALTRY used in a sentence.
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 meaning: 1. (of an amount of money) very small and of little or no value: 2. of little quality or value…. Learn more.
Paltry is a laughably small amount — the waiter might chuck a paltry tip in the garbage. If you have only 50 cents in your bank account, it's such a paltry amount, you may as well be broke. It can also mean "not worth considering" or "not important."
1. ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum. 2. utterly worthless: paltry clothes. 3. mean or contemptible: a paltry coward.
Definition of paltry adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "PALTRY": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Practically worthless; trifling; insignificant; contemptible; petty. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Trashy, trivial, of little value. This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product. She made some paltry excuse and left. Wiktionary. Synonyms: trifling. negligible. miserable. measly. vile. trash. rubbish. puny. pitiful. picayune.
