Meagerly

/ˈmiːɡəli/

बहुत कम/अपर्याप्त रूप से; कंजूसी से; तंगहाली में

Origin & History

From the adjective meager (BrE meagre), via Middle English from Old French maigre (“lean, thin”), from Latin macer (“lean”); meagerly formed with the adverb suffix -ly.

विशेषण meager (ब्रिटिश: meagre) से; मध्य अंग्रेज़ी के माध्यम से पुरानी फ़्रांसीसी maigre (“दुबला/पतला”) से, जो लैटिन macer (“दुबला”) से आया; meagerly में क्रिया-विशेषण बनाने वाला प्रत्यय -ly जोड़ा गया है।

Definition

Used to describe doing something with very little amount, effort, or resources, often suggesting inadequacy or poverty.

बहुत कम मात्रा, प्रयास या संसाधनों के साथ किसी काम के होने को बताने के लिए; अक्सर कमी, अपर्याप्तता या गरीबी का भाव देता है।

Parts of Speech

Adverb:
The workers were paid meagerly despite long hours.
लंबे घंटों के बावजूद श्रमिकों को बहुत कम वेतन दिया गया।

Usage Examples

The family lived meagerly during the drought.
He ate meagerly to save money for rent.
The project was meagerly funded and progressed slowly.
The report was meagerly detailed, leaving many questions unanswered.
They dressed meagerly for the cold weather and fell ill.

Synonyms

Scantily Sparingly Poorly Inadequately Barely Thinly Insufficiently Stintingly

Related Forms

Adjective
Adverb

Idioms & Phrases

Live meagerly
कमी में/तंगहाली में जीवन जीना
Be paid meagerly
बहुत कम वेतन मिलना
Be meagerly supplied
अपर्याप्त/कम आपूर्ति मिलना