Definition of exiguous in English:

exiguous

adjective ɛɡˈzɪɡjʊəsɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs

formal

Very small in size or amount.
〈正式〉稀少的；细小的；少量的
my exiguous musical resources
我有限的音乐资源。
Example sentencesExamples
- My, you gave me an exiguous amount of time to answer that!
- Given these exiguous resources, Faulkner's political achievements down to the end of 1973 were not inconsiderable.
- The second one is that the relatively exiguous constraints on some obnoxious weapons are useless when an occupying power decides that it is at war with a population.
- So the charge made for the accommodation during her lifetime was the nominal charge referable to her exiguous state retirement pension.
- A lot of the fun of reading these papers is seeing how an exiguous collection of commitments plays out in so many different domains.
- Even the clouds glimpsed in crevices between buildings above Wall Street are sliced into exiguous triangles.
Synonyms
inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly
meagre, inadequate, insufficient, small, scant, scanty, paltry, negligible, limited, restricted, modest, sparse, spare, deficient, skimpy, short, little, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly

Derivatives

exiguity

noun ɪɡzɪˈɡjuːɪtiɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti

formal

But such inventive embellishments, like the cape on a juvenile murderer, merely stress the exiguity under the panoply.
Example sentencesExamples
- But this spareness is as nothing compared with the artistic exiguity of the proceedings.

exiguously

adverb

formal

exiguousness

noun

formal

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin exiguus 'scanty' (from exigere 'weigh exactly') + -ous.

Rhymes

ambiguous, contiguous

Definition of exiguous in US English:

exiguous

adjective

formal

Very small in size or amount.
〈正式〉稀少的；细小的；少量的
my exiguous musical resources
我有限的音乐资源。
Example sentencesExamples
- My, you gave me an exiguous amount of time to answer that!
- Given these exiguous resources, Faulkner's political achievements down to the end of 1973 were not inconsiderable.
- The second one is that the relatively exiguous constraints on some obnoxious weapons are useless when an occupying power decides that it is at war with a population.
- Even the clouds glimpsed in crevices between buildings above Wall Street are sliced into exiguous triangles.
- So the charge made for the accommodation during her lifetime was the nominal charge referable to her exiguous state retirement pension.
- A lot of the fun of reading these papers is seeing how an exiguous collection of commitments plays out in so many different domains.
Synonyms
inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly
meagre, inadequate, insufficient, small, scant, scanty, paltry, negligible, limited, restricted, modest, sparse, spare, deficient, skimpy, short, little, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin exiguus ‘scanty’ (from exigere ‘weigh exactly’) + -ous.

单词	exiguous
释义	Definition of exiguous in English: exiguous adjective ɛɡˈzɪɡjʊəsɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs formal Very small in size or amount. 〈正式〉稀少的；细小的；少量的 my exiguous musical resources 我有限的音乐资源。 Example sentencesExamples My, you gave me an exiguous amount of time to answer that! Given these exiguous resources, Faulkner's political achievements down to the end of 1973 were not inconsiderable. The second one is that the relatively exiguous constraints on some obnoxious weapons are useless when an occupying power decides that it is at war with a population. So the charge made for the accommodation during her lifetime was the nominal charge referable to her exiguous state retirement pension. A lot of the fun of reading these papers is seeing how an exiguous collection of commitments plays out in so many different domains. Even the clouds glimpsed in crevices between buildings above Wall Street are sliced into exiguous triangles. Synonyms inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly meagre, inadequate, insufficient, small, scant, scanty, paltry, negligible, limited, restricted, modest, sparse, spare, deficient, skimpy, short, little, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly Derivatives exiguity noun ɪɡzɪˈɡjuːɪtiɛɡzɪˈɡjuːɪti formal But such inventive embellishments, like the cape on a juvenile murderer, merely stress the exiguity under the panoply. Example sentencesExamples But this spareness is as nothing compared with the artistic exiguity of the proceedings. exiguously adverb formal exiguousness noun formal Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin exiguus 'scanty' (from exigere 'weigh exactly') + -ous. Rhymes ambiguous, contiguous Definition of exiguous in US English: exiguous adjective formal Very small in size or amount. 〈正式〉稀少的；细小的；少量的 my exiguous musical resources 我有限的音乐资源。 Example sentencesExamples My, you gave me an exiguous amount of time to answer that! Given these exiguous resources, Faulkner's political achievements down to the end of 1973 were not inconsiderable. The second one is that the relatively exiguous constraints on some obnoxious weapons are useless when an occupying power decides that it is at war with a population. Even the clouds glimpsed in crevices between buildings above Wall Street are sliced into exiguous triangles. So the charge made for the accommodation during her lifetime was the nominal charge referable to her exiguous state retirement pension. A lot of the fun of reading these papers is seeing how an exiguous collection of commitments plays out in so many different domains. Synonyms inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly meagre, inadequate, insufficient, small, scant, scanty, paltry, negligible, limited, restricted, modest, sparse, spare, deficient, skimpy, short, little, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin exiguus ‘scanty’ (from exigere ‘weigh exactly’) + -ous.
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