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   scanty

   /ˈskanti/

   adjective

   • 1. small or insufficient in quantity or amount: "they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families" Similar meagrescantminimallimitedmodestrestrictedsparsetinysmallpaltrynegligibleinsufficientinadequatedeficientsketchytoo small/little/fewnot enoughpoorthinthinningscarcein short supplythin on the groundfew and far betweeninformal:measlypiddlingmingypatheticrare:exiguousOpposite abundantampleplentiful
   • ▪ (of clothing) revealing; skimpy: "the women looked cold in their scanty bodices" Similar skimpyrevealingshortbrieflowlow-cutindecentOpposite modest

   plural

   • 1. women's skimpy knickers or pants. informal

   Word Origin late 16th century: from scant + -y1.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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