— meagerly , adv. — meagerness , n.
/mee"geuhr/ , adj.
1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
2. having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
3. maigre.
Also, esp. Brit., meagre .
[ 1300-50; ME megre maigre macer lean ]
Syn. 1. See scanty. 2. gaunt, spare, skinny.