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Definition: PALTERLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.[Websters]
2. Being vacillating or faltering.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Palterly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Palterly \Pal"ter*ly\, adjective. adverb. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [obsolete or proverbial English]. (references)

Definition: PALTERLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily.[Websters]
2. Being vacillating or faltering.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "PALTERLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Palterly \Pal"ter*ly\, adjective. adverb. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [obsolete or proverbial English]. (references)