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SCANTY

scanty, bare(a), spare

(adjective) lacking in magnitude or quantity; “a bare livelihood”; “a scanty harvest”; “a spare diet”

skimpy, scanty

(adjective) (of clothing) revealing the body; “her dress was scanty and revealing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

scantier

comparative form of scanty

Anagrams

• Certains, Cestrian, Cretians, canister, cisterna, creatins, nacrites, tercians

Source: Wiktionary


SCANTY

Scant"y, a. [Compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.] Etym: [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; parsimonius. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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