All 4 Uses of
paltry
in
Wuthering Heights
- And that insipid, paltry creature attending her from DUTY and HUMANITY!†
p. 112.2 *
- I'll pit him against that paltry creature, unless it bestir itself briskly.†
p. 158.4
- How can you deliberately get up such paltry falsehoods?†
p. 169.9
- 'Now,' said he, with curbed ferocity, 'I'm getting angry and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours — DAMN you!†
p. 195.2
Definition:
insignificant in amount or quality