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scanty

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scanty/ˈskanti/

▶adjective (scantier, scantiest) small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

■ (of clothing) skimpy.

▶plural noun (scanties) informal women's skimpy knickers.

– derivatives
scantily adverb,
scantiness noun.

'scanty' also found in these Oxford entries:

bikini briefs - exiguous

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