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What (who) is SCANTINESS - definition
Scantiness
·noun Quality or condition of being scanty.
scantiness
n.
Insufficiency, meagreness, narrowness, deficiency, short supply, short measure.
Scant
·noun Scantness; scarcity.
II. Scant ·superl Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
III. Scant ·adv In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
IV. Scant ·vi To fail, or become less; to Scantle; as, the wind scants.
V. Scant ·vt To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to Curtail.
VI. Scant ·vt To Limit; to Straiten; to treat illiberally; to Stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
VII. Scant ·superl Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
Examples of use of SCANTINESS
1. "But, I found my grandfather‘s letters and read them and I feel they comprise fascinating reading for anyone who has even the scantiness tie to Judaism." Norman tried in vain to arrange immigration visas to Palestine for his parents.