the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Small; slender; diminutive.
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adj. extremely scanty
Word Usage
"His exiguous chapter on slavery in American Notes was lazily annexed word-for-word from a famous abolitionist pamphlet of the day, and employed chiefly to discredit the whole American idea."