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paltrily

paltrily adverb: in a paltry manner.

Adverb

paltrily (comparative more paltrily, superlative most paltrily)

  1. in a paltry manner

Forms of paltrily

comparativemore paltrily
superlativemost paltrily

Origin of paltrily

From paltry + -ly.

Questions about paltrily

What does paltrily mean?
Paltrily means in a paltry manner.
What part of speech is paltrily?
Paltrily is an adverb.

Words near paltrily in the dictionary

  1. paltock
  2. paltocks
  3. paltok
  4. paltrier
  5. paltriest
  6. paltrily
  7. paltriness
  8. paltrinesses
  9. paltrok
  10. paltroks
  11. Paltrow

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