Scanty /(?)/

Scant·y

Scanty

a.
  1. Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
    His dominions were very narrow and scanty.
    Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.
  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.