What does exiguous mean in English? Meaning of exiguous definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "exiguous" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "exiguous": extremely scanty
Adjective
Meaning: extremely scanty
Example: an exiguous budget
Synonyms: exiguous
Similar: meager
meagerly
meagre
scrimpy
stingy
Adjective: scanty; meager 1889 — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Wrong Box ch XIII The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe. 1912 — G. K. Chesterton, Manalive ch VII The path on which I then planted my feet was quite unprecedentedly narrow. I had never had to walk along a thoroughfare so exiguous. 1998 — Michael Ignatieff, Rebirth of a Nation: An Anatomy of Russia. New Statesman, Feb 6. They are entering the market, setting up stalls on snowy streets, moonlighting to supplement exiguous incomes. 2001 — Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical Biography. Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family's exiguous circumstances. 2012 — Rodger Cohen, Scottexalonia Rising, New York Times, Nov. 26., Op. Ed. National politics, as President François Hollande of France is only the latest to discover, is often no more than tweaking at the margins in the exiguous political space left by markets and other global forces.1889 — Robert Louis Stevenson, The Wrong Box ch XIII The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe.1912 — G. K. Chesterton, Manalive ch VII The path on which I then planted my feet was quite unprecedentedly narrow. I had never had to walk along a thoroughfare so exiguous.1998 — Michael Ignatieff, Rebirth of a Nation: An Anatomy of Russia. New Statesman, Feb 6. They are entering the market, setting up stalls on snowy streets, moonlighting to supplement exiguous incomes.2001 — Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical Biography. Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family's exiguous circumstances.2012 — Rodger Cohen, Scottexalonia Rising, New York Times, Nov. 26., Op. Ed. National politics, as President François Hollande of France is only the latest to discover, is often no more than tweaking at the margins in the exiguous political space left by markets and other global forces.
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