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1. (adj.) scanty
insufficient in amount, extent, or degree.
2. (n.) scanty
scanties, very brief underpants, esp. for women.
Etymology: (1650–60; scant (in obs. or dial. n. sense “dearth”) + -y1; (def.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) pantie, panty, scanty, step-in
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
2. (adj) bare(a), scanty, spare
lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
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1. (adj) scanty
wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant
2. (adj) scanty
somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread
3. (adj) scanty
sparing; niggardly; parsimonious
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Sense: small in size; hardly enough
scanty clothing.
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 Afrikaans: klein, min |
 Arabic: هَزيل، غَيْر كافٍ |
 Bulgarian: късичък |
 Brazilian: escasso |
 Czech: těsný, omezený |
 German: spärlich |
 Danish: minimal |
 Greek: λιγοστός, μικρός |
 Spanish: escaso, insuficiente; (ro |
 Estonian: napp |
 Farsi: كوچك |
 Finnish: niukka |
 French: minuscule, insuffisant |
 Hebrew: מוּעַט |
 Hindi: अल्प |
 Croatian: oskudan, malen |
 Hungarian: hiányos |
 Indonesian: minim |
 Icelandic: knappur |
 Italian: scarso, inadeguato |
 Japanese: わずかの |
 Korean: 여유가 없는, 불충분한 |
 Lithuanian: menkas, varganas |
 Latvian: niecīgs; trūcīgs; knaps |
 Malay: terlalu mendedahkan |
 Dutch: krap |
 Norwegian: sparsom; luftig, lett |
 Polish: skąpy |
 Persian: كوچك |
 Pashto: لږ، كم، نا كافى، |
 Portuguese: escasso |
 Romanian: minuscul, insuficient |
 Russian: скудный, недостаточный |
 Slovak: tesný |
 Slovenian: boren |
 Serbian: nedovoljno |
 Swedish: trång, torftig, knapphänd |
 Thai: ขาดแคลน |
 Turkish: yetersiz,çok az |
 Taiwanese: (尺寸或份量)幾乎不夠的 |
 Ukrainian: убогий; недостатній |
 Urdu: بمشکل کافی |
 Vietnamese: nhỏ, chật hẹp |
 Chinese: （大小或数量）不足的，勉强够的 |
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