scanty
1
7.7
- noun
- /ˈskænti/
- Archaic
- She wore a pair of colorful scanties under her dress to the beach.
Examples
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Sal pulls a set of postcards from his pocket and flips through the photos of beauties posed provocatively in their scanties.
Fiction book (1991) -
Scanty was a potato chip, crisp, thin, and curved.
Fiction book (1990) -
♪ In France the girls wear scanties ♪ But on lambchops they put panties
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- ♪ You're dancing in your scanties ♪ - Great gams.
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The children laughed as they splashed in the pool while wearing their scanties.
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At the costume party, she chose to wear a fun outfit that included bright scanties.
Synonyms
506
1.0
Clothes that you wear next to your skin under other clothes
124
3.6
A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls
117
2.6
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls
74
1.0
Clothes people wear under other clothes that cover the area from the waist to the upper thighs
25
1.5
A type of short, tight underwear that covers the hips and buttocks but not the thighs
20
8.0
Underwear women wear under their clothes
3
8.4
A piece of clothing worn under other clothes like socks or an undershirt
2
8.4
Items you wear next to your skin, especially underwear, or a few coins
1
7.0
Short underwear usually worn by women or girls
1
9.9
A short piece of clothing worn under a dress
1
9.9
Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past
1
5.9
Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scanty comes from an old Norse word meaning 'short' and is related to the English word scant ('not enough'). So when scanty names a type of underpants it paints the picture of something very small and barely covering.