scanty

scant·y (sk

)

adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est

1. Barely sufficient or adequate.

2. Insufficient, as in extent or degree.

scanti·ly adv.

scanti·ness n.

scanty [ˈskæntɪ]

adj scantier, scantiest

1. limited; barely enough; meagre

2. insufficient; inadequate

3. lacking fullness; small

scantily adv

scantiness n

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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"

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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abundant bare exiguity exiguous large white luxuriant Meagerness meagre measly niggardly pantie panty scant Scrimping Short-wited skimpy small white spare sparse	Wide prairies Vegetable productions Tabular hills Slabs of sandstone Nebraska or Platte River Scanty fare Buffalo skulls Wagons turned into boats Herds of buffalo Cliffs resembling castles The chimney Scott's Bluffs Story connected with them The bighorn or ahsahta Its nature and habits Difference between that and the "woolly sheep," or goat of the mountains The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context To this end I left the more frequented regions, the wooded valleys, the corn-fields, and the meadow-lands, and proceeded to mount the steep acclivity of Wildfell, the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood, where, as you ascend, the hedges, as well as the trees, become scanty and stunted, the former, at length, giving place to rough stone fences, partly greened over with ivy and moss, the latter to larches and Scotch fir-trees, or isolated blackthorns. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context Copses of dates and dwarf-palms succeeded the dense forests; then vast, dry plains, dotted with scanty shrubs, and sown with great blocks of syenite. Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context	Scandinavian nation Scandinavian Peninsula Scandinavian Shield scandium scandium oxide scanner scanning scanning electron microscope scanning force microscope scanning line scanning tunneling microscope scansion Scansores scansorial Scansorial tail scant scantily scantily clad scantiness Scantle Scantlet scantling scantlings Scantly Scantness scanty Scapa Flow scape Scape-wheel Scapegallows scapegoat scapegrace Scapeless Scapement scapewheel Scaphander Scaphiopus Scaphiopus bombifrons Scaphiopus hammondii Scaphiopus multiplicatus scaphism Scaphite scaphocephalic Scaphocephaly Scaphocerite Scaphognathite scaphoid scaphoid bone Scapholunar Scapholunar bone scaphopod	scantier scantiest scantiest scantily scantily scantily clad scantiness scantiness scanting scanting scanting scantity Scantle Scantle Scantlet scantling scantling scantling scantlings scantlings scantly scantly scantly scantness scantness scantness Scantron Quality Computers scants scants scants scanty scanty menstruation scanty menstruation scanty menstruation scanty rice-flower SCANZ Scanzoni maneuver Scanzoni maneuver Scanzoni maneuver Scanzoni maneuver Scanzoni's maneuver SCAO SCAOA SCAODA SCAOG SCAOK SCAOR SCAP SCAP SCAP Scapa Scapa Floe Scapa Floe Scapa Flow Scapa Flow Scapa Flow Visitor Centre Scapa Tapes North America Scapanorhychidae Scapanus latimanus Scapation Maneuver Scapation Test

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abundant
bare
exiguity
exiguous
large white
luxuriant
Meagerness
meagre
measly
niggardly
pantie
panty
scant
Scrimping
Short-wited
skimpy
small white
spare
sparse

Wide prairies Vegetable productions Tabular hills Slabs of sandstone Nebraska or Platte River Scanty fare Buffalo skulls Wagons turned into boats Herds of buffalo Cliffs resembling castles The chimney Scott's Bluffs Story connected with them The bighorn or ahsahta Its nature and habits Difference between that and the "woolly sheep," or goat of the mountains

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

To this end I left the more frequented regions, the wooded valleys, the corn-fields, and the meadow-lands, and proceeded to mount the steep acclivity of Wildfell, the wildest and the loftiest eminence in our neighbourhood, where, as you ascend, the hedges, as well as the trees, become scanty and stunted, the former, at length, giving place to rough stone fences, partly greened over with ivy and moss, the latter to larches and Scotch fir-trees, or isolated blackthorns.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context

Copses of dates and dwarf-palms succeeded the dense forests; then vast, dry plains, dotted with scanty shrubs, and sown with great blocks of syenite.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

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