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Meanings of very paltry in English

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Usage of very paltry in English
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This place appears to you very paltry for 'his excellency,' does it not?
The Wandering Jew — Volume 03
2
A very paltry old woman excited the image-breaking of Antwerp.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I
3
A very paltry and pitiful intrigue at length settled the question between Townshend and Carteret.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
4
It's a very paltry little affair, this life of ours, at the best of it.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
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This provision was considered very paltry by all the powers, masculine or feminine, whom we consulted.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3
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These seemed very paltry things for a man of such wisdom to bother his head about.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
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The ordinary capital, however, which is made out of Carlyle's alleged gloom is a very paltry matter.
Twelve Types
8
In reality, however, it is not so; something, I know not what, is lacking, and everything is very paltry.
Madame Chrysantheme — Volume 1
9
In reality, however, it is not so; something, I know not what, is wanting, and it is all very paltry.
Madame Chrysanthème
10
If not, the sum must be exorbitant, or your life is a very paltry one, even in your own opinion.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8
11
This is a very paltry discussion of a great matter, but no more space can be given to it here.
Haydn
12
Of course-butI didn't know that $200,000 was so very paltry.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
13
Well, we are misled by the scientific label: we have to do with a very paltry insect, smaller than the common gnat.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
14
This is, indeed, only a very paltry by-product of humility, but it is a product of humility, and, therefore, it is successful.
Heretics
15
I do not wonder, dear, at your being disappointed, after what you have been used to, two hundred dollars must seem a very paltry sum.
Isabel Leicester / A Romance by Maude Alma
16
"A very paltry boy, and more a coward than a hare!"
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
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