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# paltry

adjective (paltrier, paltriest)

«paltry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Paltry means very small, too little to be worth much: a paltry sum of money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paltry/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a paltry reward or gift that makes someone angry; in talk, a paltry amount means hardly anything

### Examples

- The king offered a paltry reward for the lost cow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paltry/#x1)
- He gave her a paltry handful of coins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paltry/#x2)
- It was a paltry risk, not worth worrying about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paltry/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; «paltry» only tells you the amount is small, so use the number the problem gives.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «paltry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paltry/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«paltry» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/paltry.html) on Mova free.