Both Uses of
scanty
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- From this time
Be something scanter of your maiden presence;
Set your entreatments at a higher rate
Than a command to parley.†Scene 1.3scanter = smaller in amount
- He's fat, and scant of breath.†
Scene 5.2 *
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