meager; meagre

meager; meagre is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak.

[2] Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil." Dryden. Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. Motley.

[3] Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

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