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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.]
     [From {Scant}, a.]
     1. Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
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              His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.


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              Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.
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     2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
        scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
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     3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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              In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
              scanty of words.                      --I. Watts.
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     Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
          chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
          grudging.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scanty
       adj : lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
             scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {spare}]
       n : short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
           plural) [syn: {pantie}, {panty}, {step-in}]
       [also: {scantiest}, {scantier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scantier
       See {scanty}

















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