scanty (redirected from scantiest)

scant·y  (sknt)

adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est

1. Barely sufficient or adequate.

2. Insufficient, as in extent or degree.

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scanti·ly adv.

scanti·ness n.

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scanty [ˈskæntɪ]

adj scantier, scantiest

1. limited; barely enough; meagre

2. insufficient; inadequate

3. lacking fullness; small

scantily  adv

scantiness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scanty - short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) pantie, panty, step-in underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Adj.	1.	scanty - lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" bare, spare meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

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scanty

adjective

1. meagre, sparse, poor, thin, narrow, sparing, restricted, bare, inadequate, pathetic, insufficient, slender, scant, deficient, exiguous So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two subjects.

2. skimpy, short, brief, tight, thin, indecent a model in scanty clothing

Translations

scanty [ˈskæntɪ] ADJ (scantier (compar) (scantiest (superl))) [meal etc] → insuficiente; [clothing] → ligero; [evidence] → insuficiente; [information] → insuficiente, escaso

scanty [ˈskænti] adj

(= not enough) [evidence, information] → peu abondant(e), insuffisant(e), maigre

[clothing] girls in scanty clothing → des filles vêtues du strict minimum

scanty

adj (+er) amount, supply, information, knowledge → spärlich, dürftig; vegetation, meal also → kärglich; harvest also → mager; hair → schütter; piece of clothing → knapp

scanty [ˈskæntɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (meal) → scarso/a; (clothing) → succinto/a; (swimsuit) → ridotto/a

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scanty [ˈskæntɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (meal) → scarso/a; (clothing) → succinto/a; (swimsuit) → ridotto/a