scant
adjective
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
scantest
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superlativeof scant.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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If all you have is a faint recollection that a distant relative once bought you a bond, NS&I can find out for sure with the scantest of information, says Ms Waters.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2022
The marker is engraved with the scantest details of Lyles’s life: “Born May 8, 1898. Killed on Smoot’s Dredging Machine Sept. 1, 1917.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2020
It has rounded corners and just the scantest of frames above and on the sides of it.
From The Verge ● Sep. 11, 2017
She saw herself as an archaeologist who could reconstruct the workings of an underground metropolis based on the scantest traces on the surface.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2017
Not the scantest and toughest of rock-growths thrust a leaf through its brassy surface, not a well-head or a darker depression of the rock gave sign of a trickle of water.
From In Morocco by Edith Wharton
