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meagerly

adverb as in scantily

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That assessment, as thin as it was, was enough to give the markets a meager boost on Tuesday.

From Fortune

These include a pay rise for Nigeria’s more than 350,000 federal police officers so that they are less tempted to resort to extortion to supplement meager wages.

From Ozy

The fall in the multiple to normal levels works against the 10% gains in profits, leaving meager, low-single-digit returns.

From Fortune

Across the whole health-care system, meager increases in mortality rates have profound impacts.

From Fortune

Now money market holdings are once again declining because, well, it makes little sense to park your cash there if it’s earning meager returns.

From Fortune

The Romans were perhaps the first who introduced that art into Britain, meagerly as they did introduce it.

The tragedy of love is not (what it is thought to be) the unreciprocated love, but the meagerly returned love.

He gave an okay sign to Van Dellen who waved back meagerly and managed a smile.

Nearly every man had a little bedroom meagerly furnished with pictures 76from old illustrated papers adorning the walls.

“Upon my honor, you are not very complimentary to my taste,” he said, glancing around the meagerly furnished apartment.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to meagerly, such as: barely, inadequately, not much, and skimpily.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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