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Meaning of 'scanty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scanty [ a.]
- Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
- Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
- Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Meaning of 'scanty' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scanty [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lacking in magnitude or quantity
Example in sentence:
  • a bare livelihood;
  • a scanty harvest;
  • a spare diet
Meaning (2):
- (of clothing) revealing the body
Example in sentence:
  • her dress was scanty and revealing

Nearby Words:

scab scabbard scabbard plane scabbed scabbedness scabbily scabbiness scabbing scabble scabby

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