ADJECTIVE | all | scanty, bare, spare | lacking in amplitude or quantity |
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all | scanty, skimpy | (of clothing) revealing the body | |
NOUN | artifact | scanty, pantie, panty, step-in | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) |
Sounds | skae'ntiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | lacking in amplitude or quantity. | |
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Example | "a scanty harvest" | |
Synonyms | bare, spare | |
Broader | meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent |
Spanish | escaso, insuficiente, parco, reducido | |
Catalan | escàs, insuficient, minso, reduït | |
Nouns | scantiness | the quality of being meager |
Meaning | (of clothing) revealing the body. | |
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Example | "her dress was scanty and revealing" | |
Synonym | skimpy | |
Broader | revealing | showing or making known |
Adverbs | scantily | in a skimpy manner |
Meaning | short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural). | |
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Synonyms | pantie, panty, step-in | |
Broader | underpants | An undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs |
Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
Spanish | pantie, pololo |
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