Pronúncias (3)
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/ɪɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs/
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/ɛɡˈzɪ.ɡju.əs/
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ɪɡˈzɪɡju.əs
Adjetivo
Scanty; meager.
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The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe.
The path on which I then planted my feet was quite unprecedentedly narrow. I had never had to walk along a thoroughfare so exiguous.
Mais exemplos (3)
They are entering the market, setting up stalls on snowy streets, moonlighting to supplement exiguous incomes.
Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family's exiguous circumstances.
2012 — Rodger Cohen, Scottexalonia Rising, New York Times, Nov. 26., Op. Ed. National politics, as President François Hollande of France is only the latest to discover, is often no more than tweaking at the margins in the exiguous political space left by markets and other global forces.
Adjetivo
extremely scanty
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an exiguous budget