What does Scanty Mean?

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Definition as Adjective
  • lacking in magnitude or quantity
  • (of clothing) revealing the body

Examples

  • "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
  • "her dress was scanty and revealing"

Part of Speech

Adjective, Noun