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exiguity

[eg-zuh-gyoo-uh-tee, ek-suh-] / ˌɛg zəˈgyu ə ti, ˌɛk sə- /










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He turned to find her dabbing her eyes with a couple of square inches of chiffon which, in spite of its exiguity, had smeared the powder on her face.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

Its siege had been undertaken in the hope of its rapid termination, which the exiguity of its garrison and the impossibility of its succour rendered probable.

From Malplaquet by Belloc, Hilaire

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

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

His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley




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