The next phase in government's reactions was to cut back severely on such exiguous 'relief' as was doled out, even to those relatively few refugees who had 'registered' on time.
Cavan was unable to scale up these experiments and to conduct large-scale field exercises because of the exiguous state of the army at home.
Langford's own treatment of parliamentary enclosure is exiguous.
Never did a politician in a difficulty or a swimmer swimming in a stormy sea clutch at a more exiguous and inadequate straw.
The trusts sometimes have to employ solicitors, and fees will be a further charge on a very exiguous income.
In order to buttress his exiguous case he was reduced to praying in aid alleged and, save in one instance, unquoted statements of other persons.
Looking the existing position in the face, rations get steadily a little more exiguous.
I myself have been surprised at the work which they succeed in doing with the exiguous staff which has been placed at their disposal.
