scanty
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ti adjective
1.
scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
2.
meager; not adequate.
3.
lacking amplitude in extent or compass.
noun
4.
scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
Related forms
scant·i·ly, adverb
scant·i·ness, noun
un·scant·y, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. Scanty, meager, sparse refer to insufficiency or deficiency in quantity, number, etc. Scanty denotes smallness or insufficiency of quantity, number, supply, etc.: a scanty supply of food. Meager indicates that something is poor, stinted, or inadequate: meager fare; a meager income. Sparse applies particularly to that which grows thinly or is thinly strewn or sown, often over a wide area: sparse vegetation; a sparse population.
1, 2. Scanty, meager, sparse refer to insufficiency or deficiency in quantity, number, etc. Scanty denotes smallness or insufficiency of quantity, number, supply, etc.: a scanty supply of food. Meager indicates that something is poor, stinted, or inadequate: meager fare; a meager income. Sparse applies particularly to that which grows thinly or is thinly strewn or sown, often over a wide area: sparse vegetation; a sparse population.
Antonyms
1, 2. plentiful, ample.
1, 2. plentiful, ample.
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| —adj , scantier, scantiest | |
| 1. | limited; barely enough; meagre |
| 2. | insufficient; inadequate |
| 3. | lacking fullness; small |
| 'scantily | |
| —adv | |
| 'scantiness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
But on the thorniest issues, the specifics are a little scanty.
We marched into the mansion's courtyard, paid off the donkey driver, and collapsed beside our scanty possessions.
With scanty resources, he did what he could, and did it fairly well.
He was petulant, false and possessed of but a scanty stock of brains.
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