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1 meagreness
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meagerness — noun see meager … New Collegiate Dictionary
meagerness — noun The state of being meager … Wiktionary
meagerness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related f … Useful english dictionary
meager — or meagre adjective Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo French megre, meigre, from Latin macr , macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long Date: 14th century 1. having little flesh ; thin 2. a. lacking desirable… … New Collegiate Dictionary
exiguity — noun 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 • Derivationally relat … Useful english dictionary
leanness — noun 1. the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • D … Useful english dictionary
meagreness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related f … Useful english dictionary
scantiness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related fo … Useful english dictionary
scantness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantiness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related … Useful english dictionary
wateriness — noun 1. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield the water s muddiness made it undrinkable the sloppiness of a rainy November day • Syn: ↑muddiness,… … Useful english dictionary
paucity — noun a) Fewness in number; a small number. But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves. b) Smallness in size or amount; meagerness. Your tax refund might be late, owing… … Wiktionary