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English adjective: meagerly

1. meagerly deficient in amount or quality or extent


SamplesMeager resources.
Meager fare.


Synonymsmeager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy


Similarbare, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, measly, miserable, paltry, scanty, spare


See alsodeficient, insufficient, minimal, minimum, scarce


Attributeadequacy, sufficiency


Antonymsample


English adverb: meagerly

1. meagerly to a meager degree or in a meager manner


SamplesThese voices are meagerly represented at the conference.
The area is slenderly endowed with natural resources.


Synonymsmeagrely, slenderly, sparingly


Antonymsamply, richly, amply, fully









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