— exiguity /ek'si gyooh"i tee/ , exiguousness , n. — exiguously , adv.
/ig zig"yooh euhs, ik sig"-/ , adj.
scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.
[ 1645-55; exiguus scanty in measure or number, small, equiv. to exig ( ere ) (see EXIGENT) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix ]