exiguity
Example Sentences
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One does not contrast the exiguity of a pint of nitric acid in an engraver's studio with the hundreds of gallons of water in the cisterns of his house.
From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire
Thus it is observed that when such matters occur in other countries they become extinct spontaneously through lack of attention and exiguity of interest.
From A Traveler’s Narrative by `Abdu'l-Bahá
But to make up for the exiguity of his financial resources, Ugo had from his youth obtained social success.
From Saracinesca by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
Its very exiguity proves that the male cannot remain underground; so soon as the chamber is ready he must retire in order to leave the female room to move.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
The exiguity of those legs is a most promising earnest of your future exploits, and demonstrate your agility, virility, salubrity, and amorosity; ha, ha, ha.
From The Politician Out-Witted by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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