exiguity
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No lean-jowled, hungry-looking devotees, living in exiguity and droning in exinanition their prayers,––not by any means.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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
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
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
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
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