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Scanty

//ˈskænti// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

    "A girl dressed in scanty clothing"

  2. 2
    Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.

    "In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking in magnitude or quantity wordnet
  2. 2
    (of clothing) revealing the body wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    short underpants for women or children wordnet

Etymology

From scant + -y.

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