exiguity
Example Sentences
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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 upper chambers are reached by a ladder-stair of extreme exiguity, so frail and narrow that one person only can mount at a time, and only then by bowing his head.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
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
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
He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.
From The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 by Lespérance, John