meagerly
In insufficient amounts
Meagerly means in a meager way—sparingly, inadequately, or in insufficient quantity.
A meagerly furnished room has little furniture.
A meagerly paid worker earns barely enough.
The refugees survived on meagerly rationed food.
Also spelled meagrely in British English.
Barely adequate amount
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- paltryContemptibly meager
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
lacking · scarcely · barely · poorly · thinly · skimpily · insufficiently · sparingly
With careful spending
- sparinglyIn limited amounts
- economicallyIn cost-conscious manner
- prudentlyWith careful judgment
- parsimoniouslyIn a tightfisted manner
stingily · penny-pinching · abstemiously · conservatively · cheaply · modestly · carefully · providently
In sparse layers
- sparselyIn a thin manner
- sporadicallyAt irregular intervals
- infrequentlyNot happening often
- rarelyNot often occurring
lightly · patchily · unevenly · spottily · intermittently · discontinuously
scant
Barely adequate amount
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- paltryContemptibly meager
sparse · lacking · scarcely · barely · poorly · thinly · skimpily · insufficiently · sparingly · minimally
thriftily
With careful spending
- sparinglyIn limited amounts
- economicallyIn cost-conscious manner
- prudentlyWith careful judgment
parsimoniously · stingily · penny-pinching · abstemiously · conservatively · cheaply · modestly · carefully · providently · frugally
thinly
In sparse layers
- sparselyIn a thin manner
- sporadicallyAt irregular intervals
- infrequentlyNot happening often
rarely · lightly · patchily · unevenly · spottily · intermittently · discontinuously
meagerlyabundantly
In great quantity
plentifully · generously · amply · copiously · lavishly