Scantiness
['skæntinis]
Definition
(n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.
Typist: Preston
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Insufficiency, meagreness, narrowness, deficiency, short supply, short measure.
Checked by Fern
Examples
- The abundance or scantiness of this supply, too, seems to depend more upon the former of those two circumstances than upon the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources or the difficulties of my life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Checker: Shelia