Both Uses
paltry
in
Pride and Prejudice
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- But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art.†
p. 40.1 *
- You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this.†
p. 93.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(paltry) insignificant in amount or quality
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)