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Meanings of scantness in English
Spanish
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Examples for "leanness"
Examples for "leanness"
1
Meanwhile, athletes are far more prone, especially in sports that emphasize leanness.
2
The ladies of the harem gazed upon my leanness with commiserating wonder.
3
Old Dr. Kendal, six feet of leanness doubled up in an arm-chair.
4
It had its desire, and as a consequence, 'leanness in its soul.'
5
The earth was the Lord's and the fulness thereof; also the leanness thereof.
1
Lucy wondered at the scantiness of Mrs. Burgoyne's musical memory that night.
2
The general sterility of Media arises from the scantiness of the water supply.
3
But this scantiness of information need not cause us much regret.
4
With clothing, as with food, the usual tendency is towards an improper scantiness.
5
The action reminded me of the scantiness of attire in which I stood arrayed.
1
Then we cripple their efficiency through the meagreness of their pay.
2
That he looked miserable-thathe was thin to meagreness, I had not seen.
3
And somehow the simple melody helped to conceal the meagreness of the childish words.
4
Then he had apologised for the meagreness of the meal.
5
They were present to me now, but coolly and sanely in all their meagreness.
1
The poorness of his play was accentuated by the brilliance of Joe's.
2
I never could see no 'poorness of spirit,' come to git at 'em.
3
The poorness of the subject and the richness of the price shocked her profoundly.
4
I am taught the poorness of our invention, the ugliness of towns and palaces.
5
He apologised first for the poorness of the entertainment, saying that he had done his best.
1
The poor child flushed painfully while admitting the meagerness of her wardrobe.
2
The outstanding notes of his boyhood had been poverty and meagerness.
3
Oh, the poverty of mortal mind, the sad meagerness of the human soul!
4
It is almost shames me as to the meagerness of the gift I bring.
5
Peter had a glimpse of its poverty and its meagerness.
1
His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.
2
He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.
Usage of scantness in English
1
Her satin dress was a mere sheath, so conspicuous by its severity and scantness that every one in the dining-room stared.