(adv) to a meager degree or in a meager manner, Syn. meagrely, sparingly, slenderly, Ant. amply, Example:these voices are meagerly represented at the conference; the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources

meagerness

(n) the quality of being meager; -George Eliot, Syn. meagreness, scantness, poorness, exiguity, leanness, scantiness, Example:an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

meagerly

adj. same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.
Syn. -- meager, meagre. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Meagre

{ } a. [ OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample. [ wns=1 ] [ Narrower terms: exiguous ] [ Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal ] [ Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry ] “Meager soil.” Dryden.
Syn. -- meagre, meagerly, scanty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

His education had been but meager. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- scrimpy, skimpy, skimping. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Syn. -- Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meagre

{ }, v. t. To make lean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

薄

[薄, bó] meager; mean; weak; poor; frail; frivolous; to despise; to look down on; surname Bo #2971

清瘦

[清瘦, qīng shòu] meager #42385

薄技

[薄技, bó jì] meager skill; humility word: my poor talents #244788

浅鲜

[浅鲜 / 淺鮮, qiǎn xiǎn] meager; slight #294138

薄产

[薄产 / 薄產, bó chǎn] meager estate; small means #311708

微薄的

[微薄的, wēi bó de] meager

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

乏しい

[とぼしい(P);ともしい, toboshii (P); tomoshii] (adj-i) meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor; (P) #9108

その日暮らし;その日暮し;其の日暮らし;其の日暮し

[そのひぐらし, sonohigurashi] (n) (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

勤め上げる

[つとめあげる, tsutomeageru] (v1, vt) to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

細やか

[ささやか, sasayaka] (adj-na) meagre; meager; modest; (P)

細微

[さいび, saibi] (adj-na, n) minute; meager; meagre; mean

染め上げる

[そめあげる, someageru] (v1, vt) to finish dyeing

痩せ腕

[やせうで, yaseude] (n) (1) thin arm; (2) meager income; meagre income

締め上げる;絞め上げる

[しめあげる, shimeageru] (v1, vt) (1) to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); (2) to constrict (someone, something)

纏め上げる

[まとめあげる, matomeageru] (v1) to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together

薄給

[はっきゅう, hakkyuu] (n, adj-no) small (meagre, meager) salary

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