Dictionary Entry
scanty
scanty is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
- 2adjective
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
- 3adjective
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
- 4noun
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
- 5adjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity
"a bare livelihood"
"a scanty harvest"
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