Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
MEAGERLY
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; āmeager resourcesā; āmeager fareā
meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely
(adverb) to a meager degree or in a meager manner; āthese voices are meagerly represented at the conferenceā; āthe area is slenderly endowed with natural resourcesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
meagerly (comparative more meagerly, superlative most meagerly)
In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
Anagrams
• meagrely
Source: Wiktionary
Mea"ger*ly, Mea"gre*ly, adv.
Definition: Poorly; thinly.
MEAGER
Mea"ger, Mea"gre, a. Etym: [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. Emaciate, Maigre.]
1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak.
2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. "Meager soil." Dryden. Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. Motley.
3. (Min.)
Definition: Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
Syn.
– Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren.
Mea"ger, Mea"gre, v. t.
Definition: To make lean. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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