adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   short underpants for women or children wordnet

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

meagerskimpythreadbareabstemiousangustifoliateangustirostrate

Example

More examples

"The rice crop was scanty this year."

Etymology

From scant + -y.

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