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Dutch
Etymology
mager + -tjes
Pronunciation
Adjective
magertjes (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- diminutive of mager
- meager, skinny
- (figuratively) poor, meager, insufficient
1874, “Het conservatief Europa”, in Dagblad van Zuidholland en 's Gravenhage:De radicale pers is zeer magertjes in de critiek over de ontbinding der gemeentelijke administratie van Marseille.- The radical press is very reserved in its criticism of the dissolution of the municipal administration of Marseilles.
Adverb
magertjes
- diminutive of mager; poorly, meagerly, insufficiently