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Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..

Scantling :: Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.

Surmise :: Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy..

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

Scantiness :: Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.

Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..

Dole :: Dole (n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance..

Scantily :: Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread..

Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..

Exiguous :: Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet..

Extemporize :: Extemporize (v. t.) To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc..

Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

Hackberry :: Hackberry (n.) A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States..

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