Definition of scantier Scantier
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What does scantier mean?
Part of speech
🔤- scantier, adjective, comparative of scanty.
WordNet
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| scanty - lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" | ||
| bare, spare | ||
| meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" | ||
Noun |
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| scanty - short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) | ||
| pantie, panty, step-in | ||
| underpants an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scanty (Adjective)
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent. - scanty (Adjective)
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scanty (a.)
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. - scanty (a.)
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. - scanty (a.)
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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scanty
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
Part of speech
🔤- scanty, noun, singular of scanties.
- scanty, adjective.
