Emily Dickinson Lexicon

scanty, adj. [see scant, adj.]

1. Small; little in quantity; low in numeric value.
2. Stingy; not generous.
3. Finite; [fig.] human; mortal.
4. Minimal; meager; deficient; insufficient.
5. Little; terse; modest; measured carefully; few words of.
6. Trivial; petty; childish; inconsequential.