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exiguity

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










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I admit, I am not a mere anatomy, I am not a mere hungry, lean-faced, lantern-jawed, hollow-eyed, sallow-cheeked, vulture-beaked, over-dressed exiguity, like—well, mark you, I name no names.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry

Therefore let it be recorded as still most odd that we should all have assented to such deficiency of landscape, such exiguity of sport.

From A Small Boy and Others by James, Henry

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

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 strong sonorous voice of the layman was in singular contrast with the exiguity of his thin, stunted frame. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis




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