What does scantness mean?
Definitions for scantness
scant·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguitynoun
the quality of being meager
"an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
Wiktionary
scantnessnoun
The property of being scant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scantnessnoun
Narrowness; meanness; smallness.
Etymology: from scant.
He was a man of a fierce spirit, and of no evil disposition, saving that he thought scantness of estate too great an evil. John Hayward.
Did we but compare the miserable scantness of our capacities with the vast profundity of things, truth and modesty would teach us wary language. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.
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scantness
Scantness refers to the state or quality of being small or inadequate in amount, quantity, or size. It represents insufficiency or sparseness.
Webster Dictionary
Scantnessnoun
the quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scantness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scantness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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