meagerly

3 definitions found

meagerly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  meagerly \meagerly\ adj.
     same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.
  
     Syn: meager, meagre.
          [WordNet 1.5] Meagerly

  Meagerly \Mea"ger*ly\, Meagrely \Mea"gre*ly\, adv.
     Poorly; thinly.
     [1913 Webster] Meagerness

meagerly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  meagerly
      adv 1: 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:
             meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely] [ant:
             amply, fully, richly]
      adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
             resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
             meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample]