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Definition of Scantness
1. Noun. The quality of being meager. "An exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"
Generic synonyms: Deficiency, Inadequacy, Insufficiency
Specialized synonyms: Wateriness, Abstemiousness, Spareness, Sparseness, Sparsity, Thinness
Derivative terms: Exiguous, Lean, Lean, Lean, Meager, Meagre, Poor, Poor, Scanty, Scant
Definition of Scantness
1. n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Definition of Scantness
1. Noun. The property of being scant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scantness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantness
Literary usage of Scantness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"... compensates in a very considerable degree for the scantness of information
concerning the early Norman laws and institutions, ..."
2. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"... and this knowledge of the dramatis persona? compensates in a very considerable
degree for the scantness of information concerning the early Norman laws ..."
3. The Nationalist by Henry Willard Austin, John Storer Cobb, Nationalist Education Association (1890)
"The more we study these facts the nearer we arrive at the certainty that the
scantness of man's joys is traceable to his unskilful use of the existing ..."
4. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"... compensates in a very considerable degree for the scantness of information
concerning the early Norman laws and institutions, ..."
5. The Nationalist by Henry Willard Austin, John Storer Cobb, Nationalist Educational Association (1890)
"The more we study these facts the nearer we arrive at the certainty that the
scantness of man's joys is traceable to his unskilful use of the existing ..."
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