scanty
adjective (scantier, scantiest)
Everyday
Small in amount; not enough, or only just enough. tree →
In the lessons
in stories food, grass or information is scanty, so there is little of it
Examples
- "Such scanty fare is not fit for a Heron." tree →
- The Greek poets offer but scanty allusions to Erebus. tree →
- There is only scanty grass on the hill. tree →
Note
nothing for maths; if a problem says an amount is scanty, the number is small, so the total is low
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «scanty» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «scanty» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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