Definition of Skimpiness

1. Noun. The property of being skimpy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skimpiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skimpiness

skimmingtons
skimmy
skimo
skimobile
skimobiled
skimobiles
skimobiling
skimos
skimp
skimp and save
skimp over
skimped
skimpier
skimpiest
skimpily
skimpiness (current term)
skimpinesses
skimping
skimps
skimpy
skims
skin
skin-deep
skin-dive
skin-diver
skin-diving
skin-magazine
skin-muscle reflexes
skin-puncture test

Literary usage of Skimpiness

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

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... and I think the main idea was that of skimpiness or scantiness. A bonnet or a jacket that seemed too small for the wearer, and whose trimmings were tame ..."

2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1879)
"Yes; the faded and unknown hue of the substantial brocade, the skimpiness of the satin, the quaint devices in piping-cord and feather-stitch—must assuredly ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"These window- seats had ends rolling over outwards, and no backs, and despite their skimpiness their elegant simplicity is decidedly pleasing. ..."

4. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England by Charles Larcom Graves (1922)
"Conflicting tendencies can always be simultaneously illustrated in the vagaries of feminine fashion, for along with this alarming "skimpiness " went the ..."

5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1899)
"... but if one may name a drawback in connection with a favourite new fashion, it is that their extreme skimpiness renders a pocket almost impossible, ..."

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