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meagerly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective meagerly has 1 sense
- meagerly(a = adj.all) meager, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
Adverbial meagerly has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
meagerly, adj.
same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample . [WordNet 1.5]
meagerly, adv.
Poorly; thinly. [1913 Webster]
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