Both Uses of
scanty
in
Emma
- There was always sufficient reason for such an attention; Mrs. and Miss Bates loved to be called on, and she knew she was considered by the very few who presumed ever to see imperfection in her, as rather negligent in that respect, and as not contributing what she ought to the stock of their scanty comforts.†
Chpt 2.1-2
- I have no faith in Mrs. Elton's acknowledging herself the inferior in thought, word, or deed; or in her being under any restraint beyond her own scanty rule of good-breeding.†
Chpt 2.15-16 *
Definition:
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(scanty) small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn