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meagrely
adverb
UK(USmeagerly)uk /ˈmiː.ɡə.li/ us /ˈmiː.ɡɚ.li/
in a way that is very small or not enough in amount, number, or quality:
A short time later, we rented a small, meagrely furnished flat in the city centre.
The job paid meagrely, but it introduced him to the international art world.
Relatives and local acquaintances described him as a loner who lived meagrely and drifted around the country.
The B vitamins are so meagrely supplied in their diet that almost all of them lack some.
The study would be impossible without a supply of meagrely paid student volunteers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
be at a premiumidiom
be thin on the groundidiom
chronic shortage
dearth
dearth of something
gold dust
insufficiently
lack
lacking
like gold dustidiom
long on something and short on somethingidiom
lousy
scarcity
scrubby
shortage
shortfall
shortness
shy
skinny
thin
Related word
meagre
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