"Scanty" is a word in ENGLISH

scanty ENGLISH
Definition:

Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

scanty ENGLISH
Definition:

Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

scanty ENGLISH
Definition:

Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

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I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?

Philippa Gregory

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eke ENGLISH

To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, …

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short ENGLISH

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

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