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- pronunciation:
- skaen
ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
scantier, scantiest |
definition 1: |
barely adequate; meager.
He'd eaten a scanty meal at noon and felt like having a snack soon after.She received scanty assurances that the money was on its way.- synonyms:
- exiguous, meager, scant, skimpy, slender, spare
- antonyms:
- ample, profuse
- similar words:
- bare, deficient, feeble, frugal, inadequate, insubstantial, insufficient, lacking, lean, measly, niggardly, sketchy, sparing, sparse, stingy
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definition 2: |
very small in size, quantity, or amount.
scanty tree growtha scanty swimsuit- synonyms:
- meager, scant, skimpy
- antonyms:
- plentiful, profuse
- similar words:
- brief, inadequate, insignificant, mean, minimal, negligible, nominal, paltry, puny, slight, slim, small, sparing, sparse, thin
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related words: |
little, marginal, narrow, scant, scarce, scrawny, short, thin, tight |
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derivations: |
scantily (adv.), scantiness (n.) |
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