Both Uses of
scanty
in
The Idiot
- "Yes—those very ones," interrupted Rogojin, impatiently, and with scant courtesy.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Six months ago—that is, last winter—this particular scion returned to Russia, wearing gaiters like a foreigner, and shivering with cold in an old scantily-lined cloak.†
Chpt 2.8
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