Scant is an adjective that means "a tiny amount," like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough;
Verb
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
Verb
limit in quality or quantity
Verb
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
superl.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient;
less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a
scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a
garment.
superl.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
v. t.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
necessaries.
v. t.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
curtail.
v. i.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
n.
Scantness; scarcity.
Scant
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.2.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Scant
Where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.2.
Scant
Scant
So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Scant
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough;
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint;
To fail, of become less; to scantle;
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scantness; scarcity.
Usage Examples
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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