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.
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