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- Dictionaryscanty/ˈskanti/
adjective
- 1. small or insufficient in quantity or amount: "they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families" Similar Opposite
plural
- 1. women's skimpy knickers or pants. informal
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SCANTY definition: 1. smaller in size or amount than is considered necessary or is hoped for: 2. smaller in size or…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCANTY is limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent. How to use scanty in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scanty.
Scanty, meager, sparse refer to insufficiency or deficiency in quantity, number, etc. Scanty denotes smallness or insufficiency of quantity, number, supply, etc.: a scanty supply of food. Meager indicates that something is poor, stinted, or inadequate: meager fare; a meager income.
SCANTY meaning: 1. smaller in size or amount than is considered necessary or is hoped for: 2. smaller in size or…. Learn more.
The adjective scanty comes from the Old Norse scamt, which means "short or brief," and so suggests a small amount. The word usually suggests a meager amount, and can refer to anything that is barely sufficient. Someone trying to stretch a meal might offer scanty servings.
1. adjective. You describe something as scanty when there is less of it than you think there should be. So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects. Synonyms: meagre, sparse, poor, thin More Synonyms of scanty. 2. adjective. If someone is wearing scanty clothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing.
scanty adjective & noun. Meaning & use. Of a quantity, store, supply, or any collective unity… Deficient in extent, compass, or size. Existing or present in small or insufficient quantity; not… † Parsimonious. Of soil: Yielding little. Obsolete. Now only plural. Underwear, esp. short knickers or panties… adjective. 1. 1658–.
