All 3 Uses of
scanty
in
War and Peace
- …spreading out his legs and putting his hands on his knees with the air of a man who enjoys life and knows how to live, he swayed to and fro with dignity, offered surmises about the weather, or touched on questions of health, sometimes in Russian and sometimes in very bad but self-confident French; then again, like a man weary but unflinching in the fulfillment of duty, he rose to see some visitors off and, stroking his scanty gray hairs over his bald patch, also asked them to dinner.†
Chpt 1
- The scantily clad Helene smiled at everyone in the same way, and Natasha gave Boris a similar smile.†
Chpt 8 *
- Two tall old peasants with wrinkled faces and scanty beards emerged from the tavern, smiling, staggering, and singing some incoherent song, and approached the officers.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(scanty) small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn