Usually means: In a meager or insignificant manner.
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  1. paltrily: Merriam-Webster
  2. paltrily: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. paltrily: Wordnik
  5. paltrily: Wiktionary
  6. Paltrily, paltrily: Dictionary.com
  7. Paltrily: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. paltrily: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Paltrily: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. paltrily: FreeDictionary.org
  11. paltrily: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  in a paltry manner

Similar:
punily, palishly, feebly, triflingly, tritely, pitifully, flimsily, pettily, pitiably, pusillanimously, more...

Opposite:
lavishly, extravagantly, sumptuously

Types:
meager, meagre, scant, sparse, slight, few, little, insubstantial, more...

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Similar:
punily, palishly, feebly, triflingly, tritely, pitifully, flimsily, pettily, pitiably, pusillanimously, more...

Opposite:
lavishly, extravagantly, sumptuously

Types:
meager, meagre, scant, sparse, slight, few, little, insubstantial, more...



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