scanty

see definition of scanty

adjinadequate

Synonyms for scanty

adj inadequate

Antonyms for scanty

barest

adjective. without covering or content

failing

adjective. not well, weak

Word Origin & History

1650s, "meager, barely sufficient for use;" 1701, "too small, limited in scope," from scant + -y (2). Related: Scantiness (1560s). Scanties (n.) "underwear" (especially for women) attested from 1928.

Example Sentences for scanty

Nothing had been added to her scanty wardrobe in that time but a black frock.

By degrees, however, his eyes became accustomed to the scanty light.

As Baucis had said, there was but a scanty supper for two hungry travellers.

These computations were correct as far as they went, but they were scanty.

The other members of the Poorhouse had scanty faith in that red flannel.

His scanty roll of bills was in his right hand, and there concealed.

To these scanty means of improvement, she added another of her own contriving.

On the surface of the roads where the ground is thin, the corn is scanty.

Grant me only the poor and scanty boon, that you would then conceive your right.

Where they could, they robbed the Indians of their scanty stores of corn and beans.

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Antonyms for scanty

barest

deficient

failing

few

fewer

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barest

deficient

failing

few

fewer

Synonyms for scanty

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