The rice crop was scanty this year.
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Scanty
/ˈskænti/
Synonyms for "scanty" (144 found)
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dwarfishembryonicexiguousfailingfrugalhypoplasticimmatureimpoverishedin arrearin arrearsin defaultin short supplyinadequateinappreciableincapaciousincommodiousincompleteinfantinfrequentinsufficient
Adjective(6 words)
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nearneedingniggardlynot to be hadout of printout of seasonout of stockpaltryparsimoniouspartpartialpatchypiddlingpoorpremiumpunyrarerarefiedrestrictedscant
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17 total sentences available.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
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They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty; and Peter might have known, and very likely did, the inside of a pawnbroker's. But they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time; and when they faded, and looked happier yet in the bright sprinklings of the Spirit's torch at parting, Scrooge had his eye upon them, and especially on Tiny Tim, until the last.
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Ferrier carried the bag of gold and notes, Jefferson Hope had the scanty provisions and water, while Lucy had a small bundle containing a few of her more valued possessions.
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