SCANTY


Meaning of SCANTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skænti ]

( scantier, scantiest)

1.

You describe something as scanty when there is less of it than you think there should be.

So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two suspects.

ADJ

2.

If someone is wearing scanty clothing, he or she is wearing clothes which are sexually revealing.

...a model in scanty clothing.

ADJ

• scanti‧ly

...a troupe of scantily-clad dancers.

ADV : ADV -ed / adj

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