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scantness

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Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.

Wasn't there a good deal of talk about the scantness of some of the ladies' dresses?

This was the quelling they brought, a scantness of drink that seized him.

Then immediately, through the scantness of the apartment, he heard the outer bell resound.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scantness, such as: curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, and deficit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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