Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scanty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.]
[From {Scant}, a.]
1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.
2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
scanty of words. --I. Watts.
Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
grudging.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scanty
adj : lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {spare}]
n : short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
plural) [syn: {pantie}, {panty}, {step-in}]
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