SCANTY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent
Scanty - definition of scanty by The Free Dictionary 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
scanty, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary scanty, a and n 1 Of a quantity, store, supply, or any collective unity: Meagre, slender, not ample or copious Clemens saith they were very few, their Assemblies private, and very scanty things More plentiful or scanty influx of the Spirit
scanty - Wiktionary, the free dictionary scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest) To share, with ill-concealed disdain, Of Scotland's pay the scanty gain
scanty - WordReference. com Dictionary of English 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