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Meanings of scantiness in English

Spanish
escasez

The quality of being meager.

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      Examples for "leanness"
      Examples for "leanness"
      1
      Meanwhile, athletes are far more prone, especially in sports that emphasize leanness.
      Climbing Magazine
      2
      The ladies of the harem gazed upon my leanness with commiserating wonder.
      The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
      3
      Old Dr. Kendal, six feet of leanness doubled up in an arm-chair.
      Mary Olivier: a Life
      4
      It had its desire, and as a consequence, 'leanness in its soul.'
      Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
      5
      The earth was the Lord's and the fulness thereof; also the leanness thereof.
      Twilight in Italy
      1
      Then we cripple their efficiency through the meagreness of their pay.
      The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
      2
      That he looked miserable-thathe was thin to meagreness, I had not seen.
      Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
      3
      And somehow the simple melody helped to conceal the meagreness of the childish words.
      A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
      4
      Then he had apologised for the meagreness of the meal.
      Where the Trail Divides
      5
      They were present to me now, but coolly and sanely in all their meagreness.
      Greenmantle
      1
      The poorness of his play was accentuated by the brilliance of Joe's.
      Psmith in the City
      2
      I never could see no 'poorness of spirit,' come to git at 'em.
      In Exile, and Other Stories
      3
      The poorness of the subject and the richness of the price shocked her profoundly.
      Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
      4
      I am taught the poorness of our invention, the ugliness of towns and palaces.
      Essays — Second Series
      5
      He apologised first for the poorness of the entertainment, saying that he had done his best.
      The King's Achievement
      1
      The poor child flushed painfully while admitting the meagerness of her wardrobe.
      Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John
      2
      The outstanding notes of his boyhood had been poverty and meagerness.
      The Vision Splendid
      3
      Oh, the poverty of mortal mind, the sad meagerness of the human soul!
      Mince Pie
      4
      It is almost shames me as to the meagerness of the gift I bring.
      The Red Acorn
      5
      Peter had a glimpse of its poverty and its meagerness.
      The Street of Seven Stars
      1
      His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.
      Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners)
      2
      He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.
      The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
      1
      Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.
      The Song of the Lark
      Usage of scantiness in English
      1
      Lucy wondered at the scantiness of Mrs. Burgoyne's musical memory that night.
      Eleanor
      2
      The general sterility of Media arises from the scantiness of the water supply.
      The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3: ...
      3
      But this scantiness of information need not cause us much regret.
      Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
      4
      With clothing, as with food, the usual tendency is towards an improper scantiness.
      The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
      5
      The action reminded me of the scantiness of attire in which I stood arrayed.
      Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
      6
      The one difficulty lay in the scantiness of her information.
      The Guests Of Hercules
      7
      We trust that he did not dwell unduly upon the scantiness of their attire.
      Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917
      8
      Well, this result is really astounding, when we consider the scantiness of the means.
      The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
      9
      The success of her precaution is evident in the scantiness of our information about her.
      The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood
      10
      The costume of the ladies was classic in its scantiness, especially at balls and parties.
      Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
      11
      The joy of eating when food comes compensates for the previous scantiness of the fare.
      The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
      12
      The extreme scantiness of the population is of itself a rough measure of the general desolation.
      Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch
      13
      Ralegh murmured at the scantiness of his spoil.
      Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography
      14
      But these directions are no sooner applied to use, than their scantiness and imperfection become evident.
      The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 / ...
      15
      The duke hath a fair daughter, and we will make up for any scantiness in the dower.
      The Last of the Barons — Volume 06
      16
      They have fallen off considerably of late from the hot weather and the scantiness of good feed.
      McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia
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