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Definition of 'scant'English
Adjective
( er)
Very little, very few.
- "After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
- a scant''' allowance of provisions or water; a '''scant pattern of cloth for a garment
* Ridley
- His sermon was scant , in all, a quarter of an hour.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
* Shakespeare
- Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Synonyms
* few, little, slight
* (l)
Antonyms
* ample, plenty
Derived terms
* scanty
Related terms
* scantily
Verb
( en-verb)
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- to scant''' someone in provisions; to '''scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
* Shakespeare
- Scant not my cups.
* Francis Bacon
- where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted
* Dryden
- I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- The wind scants .
Noun
( en-noun)
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Adverb
( -)
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
* Fuller
- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
- (Francis Bacon)
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