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The quality of being meager
Answer for the clue "The quality of being meager ", 9 letters:
scantness
Word definitions for scantness in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from scant (adj.) + -ness . Chaucer uses scantity .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scantness \Scant"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. ``Scantness of outward things.'' --Barrow.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: meagerness , meagreness , poorness , scantiness , exiguity ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being scant.
Usage examples of scantness.
Upon the other side, to speak of the horrible disordinate scantness of clothing, as be these cutted slops or hanselines [breeches] , that through their shortness cover not the shameful member of man, to wicked intent alas!