Both Uses of
meager
in
Jane Eyre
- Fearful, however, of losing this first and only opportunity of relieving my grief by imparting it, I, after a disturbed pause, contrived to frame a meagre, though, as far as it went, true response.†
Chpt 3 *
- I drew out my purse; a meagre thing it was.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(meager) lacking in quantity or quality