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I mean that the purpose of quizzing is to discover the answers, to work with meagreness, to build sufficiency out of insufficiency.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

Despite its economic and aesthetic meagreness, its citizens have high aspirations.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019

Unlike Mark Twain, Sir Henri was shocked�not by the report but by the meagreness of his obituary notices, the fact that he was confused with an obscure brother.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first, the life of the Bunyon legends was slightly endangered by a meagreness of French Canadian imagination.

From Time Magazine Archive

I blush for my meagreness of response to all your social lights and shadows, your rich record of adventures....

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry