MEAGERLY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

meagerly

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Definition of meagerly

as in scantily

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Recent Examples of meagerly Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal. — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly. — 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

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More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026

Definition of scantily

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On one hand, England fans are swigging beer in the sun with a familiar slightly nervous look on their face as the pressure is now on their team to deliver.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026
Generally, rents have seen modest increases in coastal areas, while slightly declining in inland communities, though there are exceptions.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

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In practice, many MSOs grew too fast through acquisition to ever build that platform, ending up with different equipment, different extraction methods, and different SOPs for nominally identical products across their networks.

— Peter Su, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
But the only album Sly Stone released in the last 40 years of his life, nominally a solo album, is otherwise disappointingly devoted to revamping his group’s old hits.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026

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