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1. Lacking in magnitude or quantity
   "a scanty harvest";
   - bare, spare
    
2. (of clothing) revealing the body
   "her dress was scanty and revealing";
   - skimpy

1. Short underpants for women or children
   - pantie, panty, step-in

Derived forms: scanties, scantier, scantiest

See also: meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], revealing, scrimpy, stingy [informal]

Type of: chuddies [UK, dialect], pants [Brit], underdacks [Austral], underdaks [Austral], underpants, undershorts [N. Amer]