scanty

scant·y

S0121900 (skăn′tē)adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est 1. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent: scanty rations; scanty evidence.2. Not covering a considerable amount of the body: a scanty bathing suit.

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scant′i·ly adv.scant′i·ness n.

scanty

(ˈskæntɪ) adj, scantier or scantiest1. limited; barely enough; meagre2. insufficient; inadequate3. lacking fullness; small ˈscantily adv ˈscantiness n

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-inunderpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skinplural, 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, sparemeager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

scanty

adjective1. 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

scanty

adjectiveConspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent:exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin.Slang: measly.

Translations

不足的勉强够的

scant

(skӕnt) adjective hardly enough; not very much. scant attention; scant experience. 不足的 不足的ˈscanty adjective small in size; hardly enough. scanty clothing. (尺寸或份量)幾乎不夠的 （大小或数量）不足的，勉强够的 ˈscantiness noun 幾乎不夠 缺乏ˈscantily adverbscantily dressed. 幾乎不夠地，勉強夠地 勉强地