资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scanty \Scant"y\, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.]
   [From {Scant}, a.]
   1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

            His dominions were very narrow and scanty. --Locke.

            Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. --Pope.

   2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
      scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

   3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

            In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too
            scanty of words.                      --I. Watts.

   Syn: Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce;
        chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly;
        grudging.

资料来源 : WordNet®

scanty
     adj : lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a
           scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" [syn: {bare(a)}, {spare}]
     n : short underpants for women or children (usually used in the
         plural) [syn: {pantie}, {panty}, {step-in}]
     [also: {scantiest}, {scantier}]

scantier
     See {scanty}