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Best answers for Scanty – Crossword Clue


Answer: meager


Clue Length Answer
Scanty3 lettersshy
  1. Definition: 1. start suddenly, as from fright

Scanty4 letterspoor
  1. Definition: 1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

Scanty4 letterspuny
  1. Definition: 1. (used especially of persons) of inferior size

Scanty4 letterslank
  1. Definition: 1. long and lean

Scanty4 lettersthin
  1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

Scanty4 lettersrare
  1. Definition: 1. marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"

Scanty4 lettersslim
  1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

Scanty5 lettersskimp
  1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

Scanty5 lettersshort
  1. Definition: 1. create a short circuit in

Scanty5 lettersscant
  1. Definition: 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

Scanty5 letterssmall
  1. Definition: 1. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

Scanty5 letterstight
  1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

Scanty5 lettersbrief
  1. Definition: 1. give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

Scanty5 lettersspare
  1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Scanty6 lettersstrait
  1. Definition: 1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

Scanty6 lettersslight
  1. Definition: 1. pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

Scanty6 lettersstingy
  1. Definition: 1. unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

Scanty6 lettersspotty
  1. Definition: 1. lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

Scanty6 lettersmeagre
  1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

Scanty6 letterssparse
  1. Definition: 1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

Scanty6 letterswatery
  1. Definition: 1. overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea"

Scanty6 lettersscrimp
  1. Definition: 1. subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"

Scanty6 lettersskimpy
  1. Definition: 1. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

Scanty6 lettersscarce
  1. Definition: 1. only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

Scanty6 lettersmeager
  1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

Scanty7 letterssketchy
  1. Definition: 1. giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"

Scanty7 lettersspartan
  1. Definition: 1. practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"

Scanty7 lettersslender
  1. Definition: 1. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

Scanty7 lettersstinted
  1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

Scanty7 lettersscrawny
  1. Definition: 1. being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

Scanty7 letterspremium
  1. Definition: 1. payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

Scanty7 letterswanting

    Scanty7 lettersstunted
    1. Definition: 1. inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

    Scanty7 letterslimited
    1. Definition: 1. public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York"

    Scanty7 lettersscrimpy
    1. Definition: 1. deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

    Scanty7 lettersscrappy
    1. Definition: 1. full of fighting spirit; "a scrappy admiral"

    Scanty7 letterssparing
    1. Definition: 1. use frugally or carefully

    Scanty8 lettersrarefied
    1. Definition: 1. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"

    Scanty8 letterswretched
    1. Definition: 1. characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

    Scanty8 lettersindigent
    1. Definition: 1. poor enough to need help from others

    Scanty8 lettersskimping

      Scanty8 lettersuncommon
      1. Definition: 1. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

      Scanty9 lettersscattered
      1. Definition: 1. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"

      Scanty9 lettersscrimping

        Scanty9 letterssprinkled

          Scanty10 lettersstarvation
          1. Definition: 1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

          Scanty10 lettersrestricted
          1. Definition: 1. subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"

          Scanty10 lettersstraitened

            Scanty11 lettersundeveloped
            1. Definition: 1. not developed; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness"

            Scanty11 letterssubsistence

              Scanty14 lettersunderdeveloped


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