slovodefinícia
meager
(encz)
meager,hubený adj: Zdeněk Brož
meager
(encz)
meager,skrovný adj: Zdeněk Brož
Meager
(gcide)
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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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; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.

Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]

Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]

Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
[1913 Webster] Meager
Meager
(gcide)
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]
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meager
(wn)
meager
adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample]
podobné slovodefinícia
meagerly
(encz)
meagerly,skrovně adv: Zdeněk Brož
meagerness
(encz)
meagerness,skrovnost n: Zdeněk Brož
Meager
(gcide)
Meager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr.
makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre.]
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1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
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Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak.
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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; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of
ample. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms: exiguous]
[Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal] [Narrower
terms: measly, miserable, paltry] "Meager soil."
--Dryden.

Syn: meagre, meagerly, scanty.
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Of secular habits and meager religious belief.
--I. Taylor.
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His education had been but meager. --Motley.
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3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
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4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from
a larger supply. [WordNet sense 2]

Syn: scrimpy, skimpy, skimping.
[WordNet 1.5]

Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
emaciated; scanty; barren.
[1913 Webster] MeagerMeager \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]
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meagerly
(gcide)
meagerly \meagerly\ adj.
same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.

Syn: meager, meagre.
[WordNet 1.5] MeagerlyMeagerly \Mea"ger*ly\, Meagrely \Mea"gre*ly\, adv.
Poorly; thinly.
[1913 Webster] Meagerness
Meagerly
(gcide)
meagerly \meagerly\ adj.
same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.

Syn: meager, meagre.
[WordNet 1.5] MeagerlyMeagerly \Mea"ger*ly\, Meagrely \Mea"gre*ly\, adv.
Poorly; thinly.
[1913 Webster] Meagerness
Meagerness
(gcide)
Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness;
barrenness.

Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity.
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meagerly
(wn)
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]
meagerness
(wn)
meagerness
n 1: the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that
would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn:
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness,
scantiness, scantness, exiguity]

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