Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a meager manner; to a meager or inadequate degree: Indicates that something is done or exists in a way that is deficient in amount, quality, or extent. It describes a scant, sparse, or insufficient provision or representation.

Usage

The word "meagerly" is used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to describe an action or state characterized by scarcity or inadequacy. It often carries a negative connotation of being less than what is needed, expected, or desired.

Examples

• Adverb:
  • The project was meagerly funded, so progress was very slow.
  • She ate meagerly, subsisting on little more than bread and water.
  • Historical records from that period are meagerly documented.

Advanced Usage

• "to be meagerly represented": to have very little or insufficient presence or participation.

  • Minority groups were meagerly represented in the old government.

• "to live meagerly": to live with very few resources or comforts.

  • After losing his job, the family had to live meagerly for several years.

Variants and Related Words

• Meager (adj): deficient in amount, quality, or extent.

  • They survived on a meager diet of rice and beans.

• Meagerness (n): the quality or state of being meager.

  • The meagerness of the evidence made a conviction unlikely.

Synonyms

• Sparsely: in a thinly scattered or distributed manner.
• Scantily: in a way that is barely sufficient or inadequate.
• Inadequately: to an insufficient degree.

Antonyms

• Abundantly: in large quantities; plentifully.
• Amply: in a sufficient or generous way.
• Lavishly: in a rich, elaborate, or luxurious manner.

Adjective

1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
   • meager resources
   • meager fare

Adverb

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