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  • adverb In an exiguous way.

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exiguous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Mr. Hornbeam senior was a genuine, commercial potter in Staffordshire; he supported them reluctantly and rather exiguously, but this backing of unearned quarterly cheques placed them definitely in the upper strata of local society.

    The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

  • Europe-wide ban on advertising which features exiguously dressed women possessed of that quality once known as "it".

    1. MajorityRights.com (main blog) 2008

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