Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meagerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: mea-ger-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.

Etymology

Etymology tree English meager Middle English -ly English -ly English meagerly From meager + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more meagerly (comparative) most meagerly (superlative) meagrely (alternative)

Synonyms

meager meagre stingy scrimpy sparingly slenderly meagrely

Questions

What does meagerly mean?: In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
Where does meagerly come from?: Etymology tree English meager Middle English -ly English -ly English meagerly From meager + -ly.

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