About The Word Scanty
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Scanty
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What's The Definition Of Scanty?
[n] short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
[adj] lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" Synonyms | Synonyms for Scanty: bare(a) | meager | meagerly | meagre | pantie | panty | spare | step-in Related Terms | Find terms related to Scanty: See Also | underpants Scanty In Webster's Dictionary \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.]
[From {Scant}, a.]
1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.
2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
scanty of words. --I. Watts.
Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
grudging.
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