Both Uses of
meager
in
The Fountainhead
- She had a meager little income and she assumed the responsibility of taking her brother to her home in New Jersey; she had never been married and had no one else in the world; she was neither glad nor sorry of the burden; she had lost all capacity for emotion many years ago.†
Chpt 1.6meager = lacking in quantity or quality
- Out of his meager income he donated money to many organizations.†
Chpt 2.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(meager) lacking in quantity or quality
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, meager can describe someone as very thin.