Definition of Scantiest

1. Adjective. (superlative of scanty) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scantiest

1. scanty [adj] - See also: scanty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantiest

scannos
scanogram
scans
scansion
scansions
scanslation
scansores
scansorial
scant
scant(p)
scanted
scanter
scantest
scantier
scanties
scantiest (current term)
scantily
scantily clad
scantiness
scantinesses
scanting
scantity
scantle
scantled
scantles
scantlet
scantlets
scantling
scantlings
scantly

Literary usage of Scantiest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"... the scantiest justice toward its fellow-countrymen may be summed up in two words—greed and fanaticism. Who has not witnessed, at some period in his life ..."

2. The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook by James Harvey Robinson (1912)
"We detect the very scantiest indications of life, rara et disjecta, four or five feet beneath the surface; six or seven inches down, these are abundant, ..."

3. The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook by James Harvey Robinson (1912)
"We detect the very scantiest indications of life, rara et disjecta, four or five feet beneath the surface; six or seven inches down, these are abundant, ..."

4. The New History: Essays Illustrating the Modern Historical Outlook by James Harvey Robinson (1912)
"We detect the very scantiest indications of life, rara et disjecta, four or five feet beneath the surface; six or seven inches down, these are abundant, ..."

5. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1904)
"Did that not leave "the scantiest hope" of ever getting a satisfactory treaty through ? The Colombian Congress, a part of the treaty making power, ..."

6. Source Book for Social Origins: Ethnological Materials, Psychological by William Isaac Thomas (1909)
"We have reason to think it at least twenty-five feet deep, perhaps fifty or a hundred; we detect the very scantiest remains of life, rara et disjecta, ..."

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