Exiguous

//ɪɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Scanty; meager.

    "The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely scanty wordnet

Synonyms

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meagerthreadbareabstemiousasceticausterecheeseparing

Example

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"The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe."

Etymology

From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”).

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