scant
/skænt/ adjective C1- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. · a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described. · a scant cup of sugar
Comparative scanter · Superlative scantest
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Rachel set out; she had not far to go; the big, rambling, orchard-embowered house where the Cuthberts lived was a scant quarter of a mile up the road from Lynde’s Hollow.
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