Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paltrily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pal-tri-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a paltry manner

Etymology

From paltry + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more paltrily (comparative) most paltrily (superlative)

Questions

What does paltrily mean?
in a paltry manner
Where does paltrily come from?
From paltry + -ly.

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