- 1. a. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. Source: opted
- 2. a. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. Source: opted
- 3. a. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious. Source: opted
- 4. adj. lacking in magnitude or quantity Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. (of clothing) revealing the body Source: wordnet
- 6. n. short underpants for women or children Source: wordnet
- 7. 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; parsimonius. 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. Source: webster
- 8. j:100 n short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) s lacking in amplitude or quantity Source: ecdict
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