a Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
a scanty | Scanty, as in clothing.(reference-book | last =| first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | editor =Urdang, Laurence | others = | title = The Random House College Dictionary | origdate = | origyear = 1975| origmonth = | url = | format = | accessdate = | accessyear = | accessmonth = | edition = | date = | year =1984| month = | publisher =Random House, Inc. | location = New York, NY | language = | id = | doi = | isbn =0-394-43600-8 | lccn = | ol = | pages =1| chapter = | chapterurl = | quote =)