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Traditional English :: meagre
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meagrely.html - adj. ( US meager) 1 lacking in amount or quality (a meagre salary). 2 (of literary composition, ideas, etc.) lacking fullness, unsatisfying. 3 (of a person or animal) lean, thin. meagrely adv. meagreness n. [ME f. AF megre, OF maigre f. L macer] |
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Traditional English :: meagre
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meagrely.html - adj. ( US meager) 1 lacking in amount or quality (a meagre salary). 2 (of literary composition, ideas, etc.) lacking fullness, unsatisfying. 3 (of a person or animal) lean, thin. meagrely adv. meagreness n. [ME f. AF megre, OF maigre f. L macer] |
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Traditional English :: meagre
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meagrely.html - adj. ( US meager) 1 lacking in amount or quality (a meagre salary). 2 (of literary composition, ideas, etc.) lacking fullness, unsatisfying. 3 (of a person or animal) lean, thin. meagrely adv. meagreness n. [ME f. AF megre, OF maigre f. L macer] |
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English Idioms :: mean business
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meagrely.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} To decide strongly to do what you plan to do; really mean it; be serious. * /The boss said he would fire us if we didn't work harder and he means business./ * /When she went to college to study, she meant business./ * /He just liked the company of the other girls he dated, but this time he seems to mean business./ |
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English Idioms :: mean well
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meagrely.html - {v. phr.} To have good intentions. * /Fred generally means well, but he has a tendency to be tactless./ |
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English Idioms :: means
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meagrely.html - See: BY ALL MEANS, BY MEANS OF, BY NO MEANS, WAYS AND MEANS. |
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