Associations to the word «Scantiness»
Noun
Verb
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Wiktionary
SCANTINESS, noun. (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
SCANTINESS, noun. (countable) The result or product of being scanty.
Dictionary definition
SCANTINESS, noun. The quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.