Much, I know, has been supplied by our hymnology, which has progressed nobly in proportion as the meagreness of our liturgical provision has been realized.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
The traveller refused with a silent shake of the head, and the landlady apologized for the meagreness of their fare.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
There is a trying meagreness in the landscape.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou