What does scant mean?
Scant means Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager..
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/skænt/ · adjective
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager..
a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
Another major defect of the current literature dealing with the nomenclature of hybrid forms of English is the scant attention paid to the question of frequency.
The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
a scant cup of sugar
to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
Scant not my cups.
Use scant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scant means Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager..
Common synonyms include geason, little, few, slight.
Possible antonyms include ample, plenty.
a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
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