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exiguity

[eg-zuh-gyoo-uh-tee, ek-suh-] / ˌɛg zəˈgyu ə ti, ˌɛk sə- /










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Obviously, the gravitational tie, rendered powerless by exiguity of matter, was here replaced by some other form of mutual action, the nature of which can as yet be dealt with only by conjecture.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

The upper chambers are reached by a ladder-stair of extreme exiguity, so frail and narrow that one person only can mount at a time, and only then by bowing his head.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

The strong sonorous voice of the layman was in singular contrast with the exiguity of his thin, stunted frame. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

He turned to find her dabbing her eyes with a couple of square inches of chiffon which, in spite of its exiguity, had smeared the powder on her face.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John




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