All 4 Uses of
scanty
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- His pointed beard was small and scanty, and his lips, which smiled frequently, were as thin as two threads.†
Chpt 2 *
- Beside her at the window stood a young girl, rather plain, with scanty reddish hair, poorly but very neatly dressed.†
Chpt 4
- He had reddish hair and a scanty light-colored beard, very much like a wisp of tow (this comparison and the phrase "a wisp of tow" flashed at once into Alyosha's mind for some reason, he remembered it afterwards).†
Chpt 4
- The furniture was very scanty: two benches against each wall and two chairs by the table.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(scanty) small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn