scant

scant is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] 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. His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour. Ridley.

[2] Sparing; parsimonious; chary. Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. Shak.

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