Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Poorly; thinly; sparely; feebly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
meager , 2. Opposite ofample . - adverb Poorly; thinly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
meager way;poorly ;inadequately .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner
- adjective deficient in amount or quality or extent
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Examples
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How can someone who once had so much live so meagerly?
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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The tragedy of love is not (what it is thought to be) the unreciprocated love, but the meagerly returned love.
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• Inflation-adjusted after-tax incomes of Americans, up 2% since June 2009, haven't grown so meagerly in the early stages of any other post-World War II upturn.
Weak Economic Rebound Suggests Statistical Parallels to 1980 and Other Anemic Upturns Jon Hilsenrath 2011
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Shockingly, Ripley's return to LV-426 comes with a plethora of highly trained marines by her side — yet it's this meagerly trained warehouse worker that manages to outlive the rest and take out Aliens like the best.
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• Inflation-adjusted after-tax incomes of Americans, up 2% since June 2009, haven't grown so meagerly in the early stages of any other post-World War II upturn.
Weak Economic Rebound Suggests Statistical Parallels to 1980 and Other Anemic Upturns Jon Hilsenrath 2011
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So far during this recovery, business has invested furiously in the emerging markets and meagerly in America.
Finding a strategy for growth FAREED ZAKARIA 2011
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How can someone who once had so much live so meagerly?
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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The ideal candidate should have politics that are meagerly informed but deeply held.
HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 25TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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So far during this recovery, business has invested furiously in the emerging markets and meagerly in America.
Can Obama get it right on the economy? Fareed Zakaria 2011
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How can someone who once had so much live so meagerly?
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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