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How to pronounce scanty in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pantie, panty, step-in
Type of underpants
Type Words
Synonyms skimpy


her dress was scanty and revealing.
Type Words
Synonyms bare, spare
Derivation scantiness


a scanty harvest.

Examples of scanty

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Scanty budgets are a familiar headache for Williamson, the state health officer.
From the al.com
The film includes a few crass words and shows lady acrobats in scanty costumes.
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Three jurors certainly felt that Mr Moussaoui's knowledge of the plot was scanty.
From the economist.com
It was hardly the sort of scanty attire that Jerry saw as befitting an auto show.
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Three of the four accesses have their own pages, but the information is scanty.
From the sfgate.com
One rather scanty case study indicates that ADHD presented as recurring epistaxis.
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America's NBC has attracted the greatest criticism for its scanty programming.
From the economist.com
Because oversight is scanty, the report says, the fund encourages corruption.
From the smh.com.au
The scanty remains of the Paeonian language do not allow firm judgement to be made.
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More examples
  • Bare(a): lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
  • Pantie: short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
  • (scantily) in a sparse or scanty way; "a barely furnished room"
  • Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent; Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious
  • (scanties) Small panties
  • (scantily) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously
  • (adjective) limited; barely enough; lacking fullness. "... They pass an Afgan refugee camp.... Scanty structures" (348).