meagrelymeagerlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmiːɡəli/, U.S.

/ˈmiɡərli/

Forms: see meagre adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meagre adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < meagre adj. + -ly suffix².

In a meagre manner; sparsely; meanly, sparingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

scantc1440

scantly1509

daintilya1513

barelya1535

thinly1537

leanly1580

meagrelya1586

starvedly1606

exile1654

scantily1774

skimpingly1853

skimpily1859

stintedly1863

barrenly1877

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxv. sig. Yy4 Alas thou helpest meagerly, When once one is for Atropos distrained.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 334 Next came a knight..vppon a pale horse, meagerlie bestridd in armor, plumes, caparisone all pale.

1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly III. xxi. 34 A wild heath, whistled over by October blasts, meagrely adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullen.

1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 71 An hospital, meagrely supplied with the comforts.

1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 689 Austin has treated these questions somewhat meagrely.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 179 A meagrely furnished room.

1940 New Statesman 21 Dec. 649 They will..have to eat as meagrely as their couponed fellow-citizens.

1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood ii. 119 Gerard..sat down..beside the fire in one of the upright meagrely upholstered wooden-armed chairs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meagrely
释义	meagrelymeagerlyadv. Brit. /ˈmiːɡəli/, U.S. /ˈmiɡərli/ Forms: see meagre adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meagre adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < meagre adj. + -ly suffix². In a meagre manner; sparsely; meanly, sparingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 scantc1440 scantly1509 daintilya1513 barelya1535 thinly1537 leanly1580 meagrelya1586 starvedly1606 exile1654 scantily1774 skimpingly1853 skimpily1859 stintedly1863 barrenly1877 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxv. sig. Yy4 Alas thou helpest meagerly, When once one is for Atropos distrained. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 334 Next came a knight..vppon a pale horse, meagerlie bestridd in armor, plumes, caparisone all pale. 1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly III. xxi. 34 A wild heath, whistled over by October blasts, meagrely adorned with the dry stalks of scented shrubs and the bald heads of the sapless mullen. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages ii. 71 An hospital, meagrely supplied with the comforts. 1878 F. Harrison in Fortn. Rev. Nov. 689 Austin has treated these questions somewhat meagrely. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 179 A meagrely furnished room. 1940 New Statesman 21 Dec. 649 They will..have to eat as meagrely as their couponed fellow-citizens. 1987 I. Murdoch Bk. & Brotherhood ii. 119 Gerard..sat down..beside the fire in one of the upright meagrely upholstered wooden-armed chairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1586
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