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SKIMPY |
Scanty |
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SPARSE |
Scanty |
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MEAGRE |
Scanty |
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SKIMP |
Scanty. |
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SCRIMP |
Short; scanty; curtailed. |
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EXIGUOUS |
Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. |
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SCANTLING |
Not plentiful; small; scanty. |
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PENURIOUS |
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. |
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SCANTINESS |
Quality or condition of being scanty. |
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SPARE |
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. |
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SCANTILY |
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully;
sparingly; parsimoniously. |
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SHORT-WITED |
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect
or judgment. |
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SCANT |
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
curtail. |
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MACERATE |
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
mortify. |
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SHORT |
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty;
as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. |
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DOLE |
That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a
scanty share or allowance. |
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SCANTY |
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread. |
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SURMISE |
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon
feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of
jealousy or of envy. |
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HACKBERRY |
A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but
bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is
common in the Eastern United States. |
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EXTEMPORIZE |
To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to
prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or
unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. |
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EKE |
...ly used
with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply... |