Search for crossword answers and clues
In a deficient manner
Answer for the clue "In a deficient manner ", 8 letters:
meagerly
Alternative clues for the word meagerly
Word definitions for meagerly in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager , meagre ] [ant: ample ] adv. to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately. alt. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
meagerly \meagerly\ adj. same as meager , 2. Opposite of ample . Syn: meager, meagre.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also meagrely , 1580s, from meager + -ly (2).
Usage examples of meagerly.
On the contrary, I was amazed and sometimes saddened by the pride people took in jobs that rewarded them so meagerly, either in wages or in recognition.
Churches were empty and mass meagerly attended, wrote Nicolas de Clamanges in his great tract De Ruina et Reparatione Ecclesiae (The Ruin and Reform of the Church).
For years he had existed meagerly on cutesy plots featuring baby animals and itsy-bitsy toddlers, using carefully researched language structures appropriate for his target market.