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meagerly

meagerly \meagerly\ adj. same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.

Syn: meager, meagre.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
meagerly

also meagrely, 1580s, from meager + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
meagerly

adv. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately. alt. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.

WordNet
meagerly
  1. adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre] [ant: ample]

  2. adv. to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources" [syn: sparingly, slenderly, meagrely] [ant: amply, amply]

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.