All 4 Uses of
paltry
in
Wuthering Heights
- And that insipid, paltry creature attending her from DUTY and HUMANITY!†
Chpt 14 *
- I'll pit him against that paltry creature, unless it bestir itself briskly.†
Chpt 21
- How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?†
Chpt 22
- 'Now,' said he, with curbed ferocity, 'I'm getting angry and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours — DAMN you! get up directly!'†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(paltry) insignificant in amount or quality