paltrily

In trivial fashion

Paltrily is the adverb form of paltry, describing something done in a meager, worthless, or contemptibly small way.

It characterizes actions or amounts that fall far short of what's adequate or respectable.

The workers were paltrily compensated for their dangerous labor.

The word carries a tone of disdain, suggesting not just insufficiency but an insulting degree of it.

insignificance

trivially

In unimportant manner

minimally · unimportantly · frivolously · pettily · triflingly · irrelevantly · imperceptibly · minutely · infinitesimally · faintly

meagerness

scantily

In insufficient measure

skimpily · stingily · frugally · deficiently · poorly · thinly · scarcely · barely · minimally · modestly

contempt

dismissively

Showing something unworthy of consideration

derisively · disparagingly · sneeringly · mockingly · slightingly · degradingly · demeaningly · insultingly · belittlingly · condescendingly

worthlessness

futilely

In a fruitless manner

hollowly · emptily · vainly · fruitlessly · purposelessly · valueless · wastefully · ineffectually · unproductively · aimlessly

Opposites
quantity/abundance

paltrilyabundantly

In great quantity

plentifully · copiously · bounteously · bountifully · lavishly

quality/worth

paltrilymagnificently

In an impressive manner

splendidly · grandly · sumptuously · superbly · excellently

generosity/spirit

paltrilygenerously

With free-giving spirit

magnanimously · munificently · liberally · open-handedly · unstintingly

Family

paltriness, paltrier, paltriest

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