scanty has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ adjective ] lacking in amplitude or quantity

Synonyms

bare spare

Examples

"a bare livelihood" "a scanty harvest" "a spare diet"

Used in print

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

Data on the former are scanty , but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others , thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does , indeed , attain the greatest length .

Related terms

meager

2
[ noun ] (clothing) short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

Synonyms

panty step-in pantie

Related terms

underpants plural

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