scanty

  • 41scarce supply — scanty supply, condition of having a lack of supplies …

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  • 42scantily — scanty ► ADJECTIVE (scantier, scantiest) ▪ small or insufficient in quantity or amount. DERIVATIVES scantily adverb …

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  • 45scant|y — «SKAN tee», adjective, scant|i|er, scant|i|est. 1. existing or present in small or insufficient quantity; not enough; not abundant: »His scanty clothing did not keep out the cold. My paper is scanty and time more so ( …

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  • 46meager — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. spare, scanty, sparse, poor; lean, gaunt. See insufficiency, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Thin] Syn. lank, lanky, gaunt, starved, emaciated, lean, bony, slender, slim, spare, little,… …

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  • 47meager — meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, scrimpy, exiguous, spare, sparse are comparable when they mean so small (as in amount, number, or size) as to fall short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. Meager stresses thinness: as applied to persons or …

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  • 48sparse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. scattered, sporadic; thin, few, meager, scanty. See rarity. Ant., many, frequent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scattered, scanty, meager; see inadequate 1 , rare 2 , scanty . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 49spare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. be lenient; save; refrain, abstain, forbear, withhold; exempt; give up, surrender, forgo, relinquish. See leniency, exemption, store, relinquishment.Ant. condemn, keep. adj. lean, gaunt, bony;… …

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  • 50scant — scant, scanty Both words have meanings to do with smallness or insufficiency. Scant is of Norse origin and came into English as several parts of speech including noun and verb as well as adjective. In current use it is only an adjective and even… …

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