Adjective: scanty (scantier,scantiest) skan-tee
- Lacking in magnitude or quantity
"a scanty harvest";
- bare, spare
- (of clothing) revealing the body
"her dress was scanty and revealing";
- skimpy
- Short underpants for women or children
"She bought a pack of cotton scanties for her daughter";
- pantie, panty, step-in
Derived forms: scanties, scantier, scantiest
See also: meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], revealing, scrimpy, stingy [informal]
Type of: chuddies [UK, dialect], pants [Brit], underdacks [Austral], underdaks [Austral], underpants, undershorts [N. Amer]