scanty

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

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scant•y (ˈskæn ti)

adj. scant•i•er, scant•i•est, adj.

1. insufficient in amount, extent, or degree.

n.

2. scanties, very brief underpants, esp. for women.

[1650–60; scant (in obsolete or dial. n. sense “dearth”) + -y¹; (definition 4)b. scanty and panties]

scant′i•ly, adv.

scant′i•ness, n.

syn: 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 distributed: sparse vegetation; a sparse population.

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

scanty

a.  escaso-a, limitado-a, no abundante.