Both Uses of
scanty
in
Dune
- Her figure was good but scant: tall and with its curves gone to slimness.†
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- The body's water is scant enough 'thout gushing a wasteful lot of it into the air.†
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Definition:
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(scanty) small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn