Scanty
adjective
Small in quantity, less than is needed or wanted.
The food donations were scanty, so the food bank requested more donations.
Often appears as...
- scanty resources
- scanty evidence
adjective
Not covering a lot of the body and thus it can be considered as revealing.
Her scanty swimsuit attracted a lot of attention at the beach.
Often appears as...
- scanty clothing
- scanty dress
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Small in quantity, less than is needed or wanted.
The food donations were scanty, so the food bank requested more donations.
Often appears as...
- scanty resources
- scanty evidence
adjective
Not covering a lot of the body and thus it can be considered as revealing.
Her scanty swimsuit attracted a lot of attention at the beach.
Often appears as...
- scanty clothing
- scanty dress
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Using 'scanty' often suggests a situation is urgent or needs immediate attention due to insufficiency.
The scanty supply of medicine in the clinic caused concern.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Scanty' typically implies a negative situation, indicating something is lacking or insufficient.
The villagers survived on scanty harvests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
'Scanty' is mostly used for objects or resources, not describing people or their abilities.
The scanty rainfall affected the crops.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Using 'scanty' often suggests a situation is urgent or needs immediate attention due to insufficiency.
The scanty supply of medicine in the clinic caused concern.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Scanty' typically implies a negative situation, indicating something is lacking or insufficient.
The villagers survived on scanty harvests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
'Scanty' is mostly used for objects or resources, not describing people or their abilities.
The scanty rainfall affected the crops.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Using 'scanty' often suggests a situation is urgent or needs immediate attention due to insufficiency.
The scanty supply of medicine in the clinic caused concern.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Scanty' typically implies a negative situation, indicating something is lacking or insufficient.
The villagers survived on scanty harvests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
'Scanty' is mostly used for objects or resources, not describing people or their abilities.
The scanty rainfall affected the crops.
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Quote examples
John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with.
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Bruce Chatwin
English Novelist
I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.
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Gerald W. Johnson
American Journalist
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding.
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John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical, and in Upper Canada the scanty means at the disposal of the Government, precluded all hope.
Quote examples
Thomas Paine
English Activist
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.
Quote examples
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Composer
Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with.
Quote examples
Bruce Chatwin
English Novelist
I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered.
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Gerald W. Johnson
American Journalist
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding.
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