different between scanty vs skimpy

English

Etymology

scant +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skænti/
• Rhymes: -ænti

Adjective

scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)

1. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
2. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

Derived terms

• scantily
• scantiness

Translations

See also

• meagre
• scant
• slender
• insufficient
• deficient
• scarce
• exiguous

Further reading

• scanty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• scanty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• scanty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Cantys

English

Etymology

From skimp +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?mpi/
• Rhymes: -?mpi

Adjective

skimpy (comparative skimpier, superlative skimpiest)

1. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

Translations

Noun

skimpy (plural skimpies)

1. (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing. [From 1988.]
   • 2000, Australian Journal of Mining, page 2,

     It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies.

   • 2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 159,

     For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies, TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.

   • 2010, Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun, Robert Drewe (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2010, page 239,

     ‘ […] There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’

Derived terms

• skimpy work