Both Uses of
meager
in
Sycamore Row
- That she had four young children, an unemployed and unhappy husband, a job she didn't like with a salary she deemed meager, and a host of other problems—all this mattered little to Jake.†
p. 25.2meager = lacking in quantity or quality
- He dreamed of buying a fishing boat, though it would be impossible to save enough from his meager earnings.†
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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.