Scănt'y, a.
a. [compar. SCANTIER; superl. SCANTI-EST.] [From scant.]
Sense 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; scant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope.
Sense 2. Not abundant for use or necessity; not copious or full; not ample; hardly sufficient; as, a scanty language; a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
Sense 3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. Watts.
Synonyms— Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; scarce; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly.