scantyin a sentence
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I had a strong suspicion, but scanty evidence.scanty = small in amount
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a scanty harvest†
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There is scant mention of the surrounding scenery. (source)scant = little
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He spent his first few years perfecting his fire-and-brimstone act with monthly sermons on the evils of the greedy, and this left him scant time for anything else. (source)scant = little (small in amount)
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But now, with some of the coal ash rubbed from his face, Eddie noticed the scant lines on his skin and the full head of dark hair. (source)scant = small amount of
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We stopped only long enough to sell our scanty harvest to a buy boat along the way and then headed straight for Rass. (source)scanty = small in amount
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Scant hope of finding a mechanic here. (source)Scant = little
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...his beard was still scanty. (source)scanty = thin (small in amount)
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Quite a few of the rest were shamelessly bawdy, painted with scantily clad and unclad women.† (source)
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Thus d'Artagnan entered Paris on foot, carrying his little packet under his arm, and walked about till he found an apartment to be let on terms suited to the scantiness of his means.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Last winter she got the jay-birds to bangeing here, and I believe she'd 'a' scanted herself of her own meals to have plenty to throw out amongst 'em, if I hadn't kep' watch.† (source)scanted = given too little
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For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there's hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.† (source)
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He checked their papers with the scantest of scrutiny.† (source)scantest = smallest in amount
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Hither, likewise, would come the elders and deacons of Mr. Dimmesdale's church, and the young virgins who so idolized their minister, and had made a shrine for him in their white bosoms, which now, by-the-bye, in their hurry and confusion, they would scantly have given themselves time to cover with their kerchiefs.† (source)
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Gerty's affection for her friend—a sentiment that had learned to keep itself alive on the scantiest diet—had grown to active adoration since Lily's restless curiosity had drawn her into the circle of Miss Farish's work.† (source)
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He almost pushed them out of the room, and then, with a scantness of ceremony that was in marked contrast with his earlier manner, turned to his host.† (source)scantness = the quality of being small in amount (often inadequate)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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