Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, not comparable, uncommon)With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Your message was scant on details.

    ruВаше сообщение было скудно на детали. — marafon

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  2. The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.

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  3. They are scant of money.

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  4. Make a thick cream sauce with one heaping tablespoonful each of butter and flour, and 1 scant cup of milk.

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  5. Unfortunately, scant attention is being paid by the outside world to the appalling predicament of the civilians trapped in these areas.

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Origin

Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr

Adjective and determiner from Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Verb from Middle English scanten, from the adjective. Noun and adverb from Middle English scant, from the adjective.

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