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Meanings of
meagerly
in English
Portuguese
escasso
Catalan
raquític
Spanish
escaso
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Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
meagre
meager
stingy
scrimpy
ample
Related terms
bare
spare
miserable
scarce
insufficient
deficient
scanty
marginal
paltry
measly
Portuguese
escasso
To a meager degree or in a meager manner.
sparingly
slenderly
meagrely
amply
Usage of
meagerly
in English
1
The only thing down here is a dank,
meagerly
stocked root cellar.
2
The Daguerrean plate and the Aeolian harp do but
meagerly
interpret his receptivity.
3
It was small,
meagerly
furnished, and offensive from want of cleanliness.
4
As I have said, the common table was
meagerly
kept.
5
They were all children,
meagerly
clothed, badly nourished, ill developed.
6
The room was small, and
meagerly
furnished, though every thing was clean and in order.
7
He found, in two small,
meagerly
furnished rooms, a man, his wife, and three children.
8
Hans and Joachim have been having a long discussion in German, which I understand but
meagerly
.
9
The adjoining bedroom was small and
meagerly
furnished.
10
Jennifer walked into a
meagerly
furnished living room.
11
And earn just enough to live upon
meagerly
?
12
This Darwinian theory integrating serotonin, status, and impulsive violence remains
meagerly
tested and is no doubt oversimplified.
13
But he was more
meagerly
supplied with the media of conversation than any person I ever met.
14
For a young woman to dream of a barber, foretells that her fortune will increase, though
meagerly
.
15
In the somewhat
meagerly
-
furnished
bedroom there were not a great many hiding-places, and Carrie began her search systematically.
16
And Ramon, accustomed to the
meagerly
furnished adobes of old Mexico, thought that the ranch-house was beautiful indeed.
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meagerly
Adverb
Frequent collocations
come meagerly
live meagerly
meagerly acquainted
meagerly spread
meagerly successful
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Translations for
meagerly
Portuguese
escasso
Catalan
raquític
exigu
escàs
Spanish
escaso
Meagerly
through the time