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Meanings of very meagre in English

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Usage of very meagre in English
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The information in regard to Florry was very meagre and very indefinite.
Taken by the Enemy
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The ancient historians, like Eusebius and Socrates and Zosimus, are very meagre.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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You think you have such proof, but it is meagre, very meagre.
Dark Hollow
4
He had a very meagre schooling, but was apt at witty remarks.
Our Friend John Burroughs
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But the materials for the formation of a decided verdict seemed very meagre.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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The meals at the school were very meagre-neatonce a week.
The new yorker
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The thought, however, upon examination, contained very meagre elements of solace.
The Market-Place
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By the window stood Major Edward, very upright, very meagre, soldierly, and grey.
Lewis Rand
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Ordinaire, trying to go down as orthodox port, and very meagre ordinaire too!
Roundabout Papers
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The sources of trustworthy and desirable information are very meagre.
The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South Amer...
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Our juvenile attempts in this way, are very meagre and uninteresting compared to them.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
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The younger brother's success was on the contrary very meagre.
Legends of the Rhine
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This is a very meagre sketch of a great work.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884
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Her means were very meagre, and her family unusually large.
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
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As you say, your description of her is very meagre.
Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks
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Her present had been very meagre: it had come out of her monthly allowance.
The Californians
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