meagerly
adverb
meagerly is spelled M-E-A-G-E-R-L-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, meagerly means “In a meager way; poorly; inadequately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in meagerly?
| Letters | 8: M-E-A-G-E-R-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is meagerly?
Meagerly appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with meagerly?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as meagerly.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: meagrely.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of meagerly
- more meagerly comparative
- most meagerly superlative
- meagrely
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meagerly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does meagerly come from?
From meager + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).