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scanty

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Definitions

﹒Small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

﹒Barely sufficient or adequate; meager.

﹒Revealing or skimpy in terms of clothing.

Examples

﹒The survivors were forced to survive on scanty rations until the rescue team arrived.

﹒There is only scanty evidence to support the theory that the climate is changing due to these specific factors.

﹒She wore a scanty dress that was clearly inappropriate for the formal winter gala.

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