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”

pantie, panty, scanty, step-in

(noun) short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)

Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.

• I. Watts.

Anagrams

• Cantys

Source: Wiktionary

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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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