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MEAGERLY

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deficient in amount or quality or extent

Example:

meager fare

Synonyms:

meager; meagerly; meagre; scrimpy; stingy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

bare; scanty; spare (lacking in magnitude or quantity)

exiguous (extremely scanty)

hand-to-mouth (providing only bare essentials)

hardscrabble (barely satisfying a lower standard)

measly; miserable; paltry (contemptibly small in amount)

Also:

scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)

minimal; minimum (the least possible)

deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

Attribute:

adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a meager degree or in a meager manner

Example:

the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources

Synonyms:

meagerly; meagrely; slenderly; sparingly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

amply (sufficiently; more than adequately)

amply (to an ample degree or in an ample manner)

Pertainym:

meager (deficient in amount or quality or extent)

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