- 1too little in amount for what is needed Details of his life are scanty.
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- 2(of clothes) very small and not covering much of your body a scanty bikini
NAmE//ˈskæntəli//
adverb scantily dressed modelsSee scanty in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: scanty