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Definition of Meagreness
1. Noun. The quality of being meager. "An exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"
Generic synonyms: Deficiency, Inadequacy, Insufficiency
Specialized synonyms: Wateriness, Abstemiousness, Spareness, Sparseness, Sparsity, Thinness
Derivative terms: Exiguous, Lean, Lean, Lean, Meager, Meagre, Poor, Poor, Scanty, Scant
Definition of Meagreness
1. Noun. (British) The state of being meagre. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meagreness
Literary usage of Meagreness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"The elucidation of the subject is difficult, owing partly to the meagreness of
the widely scattered sources, partly to a certain ambiguity with which the ..."
2. The Naval War of 1812: Or, The History of the United States Navy During the by Theodore Roosevelt (1882)
"... the rival squadrons—meagreness of the published accounts—Unreliability of
James—ONTARIO—Extraordinary nature of the American squadron—Canadian squadron ..."
3. The Existing Conflict Between Republican Government and Southern Oligarchy by Green Berry Raum (1884)
"... Suffrage in Chatham County—meagreness of the Vote in Georgia and in other
Southern States—Louisiana—The General Election of 1884—Gross Frauds throughout ..."
4. Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa: Including an Account of the by Brodie Cruickshank (1853)
"meagreness of our accounts respecting the Gold Coast— Early Portuguese discoveries—The
Pope's grant—Trade of the Coast farmed by Fernando ..."
5. The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1885)
"... partly from the dearth of materials, and also from the meagreness of thought
in the beginnings of philosophy. His conceptions were rough-hewn. ..."
6. Record of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble (1878)
"The meagreness and triteness of the music and piece astonished me. After the full
orchestral accompaniments, the richly harmonized concerted pieces and ..."
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