Scant″y (?), a. [Compar.Scantier (?); superl.Scantiest.] [From Scant, a.] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope.
2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. I. Watts.
Syn. — Scant; narrow; small; poor; deficient; meager; scarce; chary; sparing; parsimonious; penurious; niggardly; grudging.