paltry

«paltry» in Mova's school dictionary: very small, too little to be worth much: a paltry sum of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (paltrier, paltriest)

meaning for a pupil

Paltry means very small, too little to be worth much: a paltry sum of money. tree →

sense 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 →
• He gave her a paltry handful of coins. tree →
• It was a paltry risk, not worth worrying about. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paltry» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.