Category:Scanty

Scant"y, a. [compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.] Etym: [from scant, A.]

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.