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meagerly

Definitions of meagerly
  1. adjective
    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
  2. adverb
    to a meager degree or in a meager manner
    “these voices are meagerly represented at the conference”
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    antonyms:
    amply
    sufficiently; more than adequately
    amply
    to an ample degree or in an ample manner
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