adj
Meaning 1
Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A girl dressed in scanty clothing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skimpy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scanty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈskænti/ without æ-raising
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/ˈskeə̯nti/ æ-raising
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/ˈskɛə̯nti/ æ-raising
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rhymes with -ænti
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CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 N T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
lacking in amplitude or quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bare livelihood
- a scanty harvest
- a spare diet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bare(a), spare
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pantie, panty, step-in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: underpants
History
Etymology
From scant + -y.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недостатъчен (nedostatǎčen) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Chinese Mandarin: 不足的 — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Chinese Mandarin: 贫乏的 — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- French: maigre — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- French: insuffisant — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Galician: insuficiente — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Galician: pobre — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Galician: escaso — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Galician: exiguo — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Georgian: მწირი (mc̣iri) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Georgian: შეზღუდული (šezɣuduli) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- German: dürftig — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- German: kärglich — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- German: spärlich — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Ancient Greek: μανός (manós) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Hungarian: hiányos — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Hungarian: elégtelen — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Irish: gearreireaballach — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Irish: tearc — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Korean: 부족한 (bujokhan) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Latin: exiguus — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Portuguese: escasso — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Portuguese: insuficiente — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Romanian: redus — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Russian: ску́дный (skúdnyj) — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Serbo-Croatian: nedostatan — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Spanish: escaso — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Spanish: exiguo — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
- Spanish: chiringo — somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
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