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Synonyms for paltriness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawl-tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔl tri

Définition of paltriness

Origin :
  • 1560s, probably an adjectival use of noun paltry "worthless thing" (1550s), associated with dialectal palt, pelt "trash," cognate with Middle Low German and East Frisian palte "rag," Middle Dutch palt "broken or torn fragment." Cf. Low German paltrig "rubbishy," East Frisian palterig "ragged, torn."
  • noun pettiness
Example sentences :
  • It is sad that Shakespeare should be credited with the paltriness of lesser men.
  • Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
  • And Anna had been hurt, had been made miserable, by the paltriness of this fib.
  • Extract from : « The Benefactress » by Elizabeth Beauchamp
  • How do I know that he will not despise my meanness and paltriness?
  • Extract from : « Town and Country Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
  • The very shabbiness and paltriness of the fib made Anna's heart yearn over the poor lady.
  • Extract from : « The Benefactress » by Elizabeth Beauchamp
  • But his Prussian Majesty would not kindle the world for such a paltriness; and so left it hanging in a vexatious condition.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • Most of the successful politicians nowadays win not by their own greatness but by the paltriness of the rest.
  • Extract from : « Essays on Scandinavian Literature » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • The mail was very late this time: hence the paltriness of this note.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Meanness, pettiness, paltriness seem to shrink away abashed at the sight of that radiant purity.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband
  • The opportunity of contrasting the paltriness of earth with the sublimity and reality of the unseen was too great to be resisted.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I » by Marcus Dods
  • A man, with all the grime and paltriness of mankind, but a saint and hero all the more for that.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

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