1. scant - Noun
2. scant - Adjective
3. scant - Verb
4. scant - Adverb
6. scant - Adjective Satellite
7. scant - Determiner
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scantness; scarcity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. Quentin Crisp
Misunderstanding women is a clear sign of scant virility. Italo Svevo
What's to explain? I've scant use for those types whose chief interest is their grubby little personal neuroses. Not in a universe as rich as this. Poul Anderson
The Allies had the resources, industry, and logistics of an entire planet. The Axis, on the other hand, had to depend on what scant assets they could scrape up within their borders. This time we were the Axis. Max Brooks
Where coin is not common, provisions can be scant. English Proverb
I'll no tell a lee for scant o' news. Scottish Proverb