The Only Use
scanty
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- He went out of the room calling "Ewing!" and returned in a few minutes accompanied by an embarrassed, slightly worn young man, with shell-rimmed glasses and scanty blond hair.
p. 94.4scanty = a little
Definitions:
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(1)
(scanty) small in amount -- often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)