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mea·ger

also mea·gre  (mē′gər)
adj.
1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain.
3. Having little flesh; lean.
[Middle English megre, thin, from Old French, from Latin macer; see māk- in Indo-European roots.]
mea′ger·ly adv.
mea′ger·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.meagerly - deficient in amount or quality or extentmeagerly - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy
scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
minimal, minimum - the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service"
insufficient, deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
Adv.1.meagerly - to a meager degree or in a meager mannermeagerly - to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"
meagrely, sparingly, slenderly
amply, richly - to an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices were amply represented"; "we benefited richly"
amply, fully - sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed"
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