| 单词 | meagerly |
| 释义 | meagerly (once / 69119 pages) adjadv WORD FAMILY meager: meagerest, meagerly, meagerness USAGE EXAMPLESStill, the arts take money, and even creative spirits accustomed to living meagerly say they can run out of options. Los Angeles Times(Jun 02, 2015) As King Lear at Shakespeare in the Park, he displays both, though somewhat too meagerly. The Guardian(Aug 06, 2014) The same manager who put his meagerly paid ballplayers to work tending bar at one of the Portland establishments he owned. Seattle Times(Jul 26, 2014) 1adj deficient in amount or quality or extent Syn|Ant meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand bare, scanty, sparelacking in amplitude or quantity exiguousextremely scanty hand-to-mouthproviding only bare essentials hardscrabblebarely satisfying a lower standard measly, miserable, paltrycontemptibly small in amount minimal, minimumthe least possible deficient, insufficientof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement ample more than enough in size or scope or capacity abundantpresent in great quantity full, goodhaving the normally expected amount generousmore than adequate full, wide, wide-cuthaving ample fabric sufficientof a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant 2adv to a meager degree or in a meager manner these voices are meagerly represented at the conference Syn|Ant meagrely, slenderly, sparingly amply, fully sufficiently; more than adequately amply, richlyto an ample degree or in an ample manner |
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