Definitions for Scanty
ˈskæn tiscant·y

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pantie, panty, scanty, step-inadjective

   short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

2. bare(a), scanty, spareadjective

   lacking in amplitude or quantity

   "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. scantyadjective

   Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

2. scantyadjective

   Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scantyadjective

   The same with scant.

   1. Narrow; small; wanting amplitude; short of quantity sufficient.

   As long as one can increase the number, he will think the idea he hath a little too scanty for positive infinity. John Locke.

   His dominions were very narrow and scanty; for he had not the possession of a foot of land, ’till he bought a field of the sons of Heth. John Locke.

   Now scantier limits the proud arch confine,
   And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine;
   A small Euphrates through the piece is roll’d,
   And little eagles wave their wings in gold. Alexander Pope.

   2. Small; poor; not copious; not ample.

   Their language being scanty, and accommodated only to the few necessaries of a needy simple life, had no words in it to stand for a thousand. John Locke.

   There remained few marks of the old tradition, so they had narrow and scanty conceptions of providence. John Woodward.

   They with such scanty wages pay
   The bondage and the slavery of years. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Sparing; niggardly; parcimonious.

   In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words, but rather become copious in your language. Isaac Watts.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scanty

   Scanty refers to something being small or insufficient in quantity or amount. It denotes lack, shortage or insufficiency.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scantyadjective

   wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant

2. Scantyadjective

   somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread

3. Scantyadjective

   sparing; niggardly; parsimonious

How to pronounce Scanty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Scanty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scanty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scanty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Scanty in a Sentence

1. William Temple:

   The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

2. John Greenleaf Whittier:

   The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art.

3. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   It was a dark and stormy night the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

4. Washington Irving:

   The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:

   It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Scanty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scanty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Scanty
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scanty