scantyPronunciation: /ˈskanti/Translate scanty | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of scanty adjective (scantier, scantiest) small or insufficient in quantity or amount:they paid whatever they could out of their scanty wages to their families (of clothing) revealing; skimpy:the women looked cold in their scanty bodices noun (scanties) informal women’s skimpy knickers or pants. Derivatives scantily adverb scantiness noun Origin: late 16th century: from scant + -y1scanty in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of scanty in the US English dictionary
