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scantiness|ˈskæntɪnɪs|
[f. scanty a. + -ness.]
The quality or fact of being scanty.
1567Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 571 Considdering that victualis ar cariit furth of this realme be marchantis and utheris..to the greit incres of derth and skantines. a1695J. Scott Chr. Life iii. [iv.] iii. Wks. 1718 I. 673 Such is the Scantiness of Sensual Goods, that we not being able to content our selves with any one of them, are fain [etc.]. 1745Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 71 The..frugal Way of Life to which the Scantiness of their Pay obliges those Military Gentlemen to live. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 198 The too frequent use of such words tends to breed a suspicion, that one labours under a scantiness of ideas. 1848Dickens Dombey i, Miss Tox's dress,..had a certain character of angularity and scantiness. 1888Burgon Lives 12 Good Men II. x. 253 The scantiness of manuscript authority under which the text..labours. |