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Definition of Paltrily
1. adv. In a paltry manner.
Definition of Paltrily
1. Adverb. in a paltry manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paltrily
1. paltry [adv] - See also: paltry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paltrily
Literary usage of Paltrily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"... perpetrated thereon so paltrily, that so tar from being worthy of hell-fire,
such delinquents, it is felt, would be more suitably punished by being ..."
2. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1874)
"... maintains all sports of all kinds, This is that sweet Money, that rules like
a king, A nd makes me all praises of Money to sing. [Exeunt. 1 [paltrily.j ..."
3. The Recreations of Christopher North: Pseud by John Wilson (1842)
"... the tears of contrition and repentance for capital crimes perpetrated but on
paper, and perpetrated thereon so paltrily, that so far from being worthy ..."
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