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A Word A Day : Exiguous
Sunday, 18th November 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Exiguous
Pronunciation : ik-síggyoo-ess
1. Extremely scanty
2. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent
3. Scanty, small or meager
From Latin exiguus - from exigere - to measure out - demand
bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, scant, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny
adequate, ample, plenty, enough, excessive, flawless, perfect, sufficient, important, significant
• The exiguous meal was not enough to satisfy their hunger.
• Flora saw her father trembling in all his exiguous length, though he held himself stiffer than ever if that was possible.
1. exiguously : Adverb
2. exiguousness : Noun
3. exiguity : Noun
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