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meagerly
DEFINITIONS OF:
meagerly
1
adj
deficient in amount or quality or extent
Synonyms:
meager
,
meagre
,
scrimpy
,
stingy
scarce
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
bare
,
scanty
,
spare
lacking in amplitude or quantity
exiguous
extremely scanty
hand-to-mouth
providing only bare essentials
hardscrabble
barely satisfying a lower standard
measly
,
miserable
,
paltry
contemptibly small in amount
minimal
,
minimum
the least possible
deficient
,
insufficient
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Antonyms:
ample
more than enough in size or scope or capacity
abundant
present in great quantity
full
,
good
having the normally expected amount
generous
more than adequate
full
,
wide
,
wide-cut
having ample fabric
sufficient
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
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adv
to a meager degree or in a meager manner
“these voices are
meagerly
represented at the conference”
Synonyms:
meagrely
,
slenderly
,
sparingly
Antonyms:
amply
,
fully
sufficiently; more than adequately
amply
,
richly
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
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