Scanty has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Adjective
Noun
1
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Adjective
1
lacking in magnitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"
"a scanty harvest"
"a spare diet"
2
(of clothing) revealing the body
"her dress was scanty and revealing"
3
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
Example Sentences
"a bare livelihood"
adjective
"a scanty harvest"
adjective
"a spare diet"
adjective
"her dress was scanty and revealing"
adjective
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)