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Definition
small in amount — often inadequate
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn
or:
of clothes: barely covering the area on which they are worn
- "— "Elinor," cried Marianne, "is this fair? is this just? are my ideas so scanty?Chapter 10 (31% in)
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