Associations to the word «Scantiness»

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

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
Blaise Pascal