scanty

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)Synonyms: pantie panty step-in

lacking in amplitude or quantity“a bare livelihood”“a scanty harvest”“a spare diet”Synonyms: bare(a)spare

Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.] [From Scant, a.]

1.Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. [1913 Webster]

His dominions were very narrow and scanty.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. [1913 Webster]

3.Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. [1913 Webster]

In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging. [1913 Webster]