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Transf. In gen., meagre, dry, inadequate, etc.: genus sermonis exile, aridum, concisum ac minutum, meagre, dry, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159; so of speech, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7; id. de Or. 2, 77, 315; 1, 18, 83; Quint. 8, 3, 56 (opp. tumida); cf. of speech: pro pressis exiles, id. 10, 2, 16: vox (opp. plena), id. 11, 3, 15; ib. 13: argumentis admodum exilibus niti, Gell. 14, 2, 4.
Void, free.—With gen.: exilis atque inanis aegritudinum, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 21.—Comp.: caro prunorum, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43: vox feminis quam maribus (opp. gravior), id. 11, 51, 112, § 269: vox in senecta, ib. § 270.—Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: exīlĭter, thinly, meagrely, feebly, dryly: nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire, feebly, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41: annales sane exiliter scripti, id. Brut. 27, 106: disputare (with jejune), id. de Or. 1, 11, 50.—Comp.: exilius dicere de aliqua re, more sparingly, briefly, Varr. L. L. 5, § 2 Müll.—Sup. seems not to occur.