as in scantily
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Recent Examples of meagerly
When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meagerly
Adverb
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One slightly wrong rate in a budget, procurement forecast, or loan estimate easily moves millions of dollars in the wrong direction.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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Pale pink flower clusters that appear on the light green foliage in summer, slightly earlier than other sedum varieties.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Indeed, oil futures were little changed Sunday night after trading began following the US intervention in Venezuela.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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At the time Kubrick started making Full Metal Jacket, a brutal war drama based on Gustav Hasford’s excellent but relatively little-known 1979 novel, The Short Timers, many felt that American cinema hadn’t yet fully reckoned with the Vietnam War.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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And after Musk left DOGE, initially nominally headed by former healthcare executive Amy Gleason, operates primarily through staffers in cost-cutting positions spread across government departments and agencies.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Meagerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meagerly. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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