Scanty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Scanty	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scanty adj lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" Synonym(s): bare(a), scanty, spare n short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) Synonym(s): pantie, panty, scanty, step-in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.] [From {Scant}, a.] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke. Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope. 2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. 3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. --I. Watts. Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.