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What does scanty mean?

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Adjective
  1. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  2. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
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Estimates of children with ADHD range from one to 20 percent, partly due to scanty evidence provided by inadequate surveys.
Suzie, a pretty, slightly vacuous woman dressed in rather scanty clothing, stands there.
Out of 36 meteorological sub-divisions in the country, 16 sub-divisions have received deficient or scanty rainfall so far, he said.
Then Aurora noticed the scanty slip dress and strappy heels she was wearing and decided that the girl didn't look so angelic anymore.
This is exactly what one would expect from the linguistic evidence and the written record, scanty though the latter is.
He stands there, a pretty, slightly vacuous woman dressed in rather scanty clothing standing next to him.

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