What is the meaning of SCANT. Phrases containing SCANT
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a.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
v. t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
adv.
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
adv.
Scarcely; hardly; barely.
a.
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
superl.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
imp. & p. p.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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superl.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
n.
Scantness; scarcity.
v. t.
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
n.
Quality or condition of being scanty.
adv.
With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
a.
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
adv.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
a.
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
v. t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
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