scanty

[ skan-tee ]

/ ˈskæn ti /

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adjective, scant·i·er, scant·i·est.

scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.

meager; not adequate.

lacking amplitude in extent or compass.

noun, plural scant·ies.

scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.

Origin of scanty

First recorded in 1650–60; scant + -y¹; (def. 4) blend of scanty and panties

ANTONYMS FOR scanty

1, 2 plentiful, ample.

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1, 2. 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 strewn or sown, often over a wide area: sparse vegetation; a sparse population.

OTHER WORDS FROM scanty

scant·i·ly, adverbscant·i·ness, nounun·scant·y, adjective

Words nearby scanty

scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty, Scanzoni's maneuver, Scapa Flow, scape, scapegoat, scapegoatism

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Example sentences from the Web for scanty

They lean against the fence, hips jutted out, their legs exposed by scanty pink shorts and skimpy dresses.
Haiti’s Horrendous Teenage Prostitution Problem|Lisa Armstrong|June 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Others donned Berlusconi masks or carried signs with “No Lie Zone” and photos of young women in scanty costumes.
Berlusconi Sex Charges: The Bunga-Bunga Trial Begins|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Close at hand the edifice gained in austerity and dignity while it lost the last of its scanty air of hospitality.
Doom Castle|Neil Munro
The librarian obligingly pointed out the rest of the scanty shelf-end of socialist books.
Mountain|Clement Wood

She must have been well past sixty, but her scanty hair was as yet untouched with grey.
At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern|Myrtle Reed
Why should they have come at all to a place that could not contain a crumb of food, except the scanty supply that he had brought?
The Copper Princess|Kirk Munroe
But they had failed to do so; for their own proper principles had been too scanty for them to bestow any on their daughter.
The International Magazine, Vol. IV. New-York, December 1, 1851. No. V.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scanty

scanty

/ (ˈskæntɪ) /

adjective scantier or scantiest

limited; barely enough; meagre

insufficient; inadequate

lacking fullness; small

Derived forms of scanty

scantily, adverbscantiness, noun

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单词	scanty
释义	scanty [ skan-tee ] / ˈskæn ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR scanty ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, scant·i·er, scant·i·est. scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient. meager; not adequate. lacking amplitude in extent or compass. noun, plural scant·ies. scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women. Origin of scanty First recorded in 1650–60; scant + -y¹; (def. 4) blend of scanty and panties ANTONYMS FOR scanty 1, 2 plentiful, ample. SEE ANTONYMS FOR scanty ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for scanty 1, 2. 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 strewn or sown, often over a wide area: sparse vegetation; a sparse population. OTHER WORDS FROM scanty scant·i·ly, adverbscant·i·ness, nounun·scant·y, adjective Words nearby scanty scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty, Scanzoni's maneuver, Scapa Flow, scape, scapegoat, scapegoatism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scanty They lean against the fence, hips jutted out, their legs exposed by scanty pink shorts and skimpy dresses. Haiti’s Horrendous Teenage Prostitution Problem\|Lisa Armstrong\|June 17, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Others donned Berlusconi masks or carried signs with “No Lie Zone” and photos of young women in scanty costumes. Berlusconi Sex Charges: The Bunga-Bunga Trial Begins\|Barbie Latza Nadeau\|April 6, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Close at hand the edifice gained in austerity and dignity while it lost the last of its scanty air of hospitality. Doom Castle\|Neil Munro The librarian obligingly pointed out the rest of the scanty shelf-end of socialist books. Mountain\|Clement Wood She must have been well past sixty, but her scanty hair was as yet untouched with grey. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern\|Myrtle Reed Why should they have come at all to a place that could not contain a crumb of food, except the scanty supply that he had brought? The Copper Princess\|Kirk Munroe But they had failed to do so; for their own proper principles had been too scanty for them to bestow any on their daughter. The International Magazine, Vol. IV. New-York, December 1, 1851. No. V.\|Various British Dictionary definitions for scanty scanty / (ˈskæntɪ) / adjective scantier or scantiest limited; barely enough; meagre insufficient; inadequate lacking fullness; small Derived forms of scanty scantily, adverbscantiness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to scanty scant, insufficient, meager, sparse, skimpy, poor, limited, little, short, shy, failing, spare, close, narrow, bare, deficient, exiguous, minimal, rare, restricted
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scanty

adjective, scant·i·er, scant·i·est.

noun, plural scant·ies.

Origin of scanty

ANTONYMS FOR scanty

synonym study for scanty

OTHER WORDS FROM scanty

Words nearby scanty

Example sentences from the Web for scanty

British Dictionary definitions for scanty

adjective scantier or scantiest

Derived forms of scanty

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