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scanty
(mass) | scanty
- obmedzený |
scanty
(encz) | scanty,nedostatečný adj: jose |
scanty
(encz) | scanty,omezený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Scanty
(gcide) | Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.]
[From Scant, a.]
1. Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
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His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.
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Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.
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2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
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3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
scanty of words. --I. Watts.
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Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
grudging.
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scanty
(wn) | scanty
adj 1: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: bare(a),
scanty, spare]
n 1: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
plural) [syn: pantie, panty, scanty, step-in] |
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Scanty
(gcide) | Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. Scantier; superl. Scantiest.]
[From Scant, a.]
1. Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
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His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.
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Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.
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2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
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3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
scanty of words. --I. Watts.
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Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
grudging.
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