English adjective: meagerly | |||
1. | meagerly deficient in amount or quality or extent | ||
Samples | Meager resources. Meager fare. | ||
Synonyms | meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
Similar | bare, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, measly, miserable, paltry, scanty, spare | ||
See also | deficient, insufficient, minimal, minimum, scarce | ||
Attribute | adequacy, sufficiency | ||
Antonyms | ample | ||
English adverb: meagerly | |||
1. | meagerly to a meager degree or in a meager manner | ||
Samples | These voices are meagerly represented at the conference. The area is slenderly endowed with natural resources. | ||
Synonyms | meagrely, slenderly, sparingly | ||
Antonyms | amply, richly, amply, fully | ||