what does scanty mean?
SCANTY as NOUN
- Meaning
- short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
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Hypernyms(s) scanty is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
SCANTY as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- lacking in amplitude or quantity
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Usage Example(s)
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
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