“palterly”的英文意思

单词

palterly

释义

▪ I. † ˈpalterly, a. Obs. or dial.
[app. altered from paltry a., as if f. palter v. + -ly¹.]
Paltry, mean, shabby.
1666–7Pepys Diary 22 Feb., It is instead of a wedding-dinner for his daughter, whom I saw in palterly clothes, nothing new but a bracelet.1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Palterley, Palterey, paltry.
▪ II. † ˈpalterly, adv. Obs. rare^—1.
In 7 paul-.
[irreg. f. palter v. + -ly².]
In a paltering manner, shiftily, trickily.
1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Eunuch i. ii. 120 Thou lewd woman,..dealing thus paulterly with me.

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