What does scanty mean?
Definitions for scanty
ˈskæn tiscant·y
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scanty.
Princeton's WordNet
pantie, panty, scanty, step-inadjective
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
bare(a), scanty, spareadjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
Wiktionary
scantyadjective
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
scantyadjective
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scantyadjective
The same with scant.
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.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.In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words, but rather become copious in your language. Isaac Watts.
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scanty
Scanty refers to something being small or insufficient in quantity or amount. It denotes lack, shortage or insufficiency.
Webster Dictionary
Scantyadjective
wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant
Scantyadjective
somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread
Scantyadjective
sparing; niggardly; parsimonious
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scanty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scanty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of scanty in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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