Scanty - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈskæntɪ|
Brit.
|ˈskæntɪ|
noun
- short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
adjective
- lacking in magnitude or quantity (syn: bare, spare)
a scanty harvest
- (of clothing) revealing the body (syn: skimpy)her dress was scanty and revealing
Extra examples
The cheerleaders wore scanty outfits.
...the camera's scanty instructions left me somewhat confused...
They afforded them but a scanty and precarious support.
The secret of temperance lies not in the scanty supply, but in the strong self-restraint.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: scantier
superlative: scantiest
comparative: scantier
superlative: scantiest
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