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Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.
Gerald W. Johnson

Meaning of "scantiest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCANTIEST

scantiest  [ˈskæntɪɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCANTIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scantiest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCANTIEST


cantiest
ˈkæntɪɪst
chattiest
ˈtʃætɪɪst
craftiest
ˈkrɑːftɪɪst
dustiest
ˈdʌstɪɪst
fattiest
ˈfætɪɪst
flintiest
ˈflɪntɪɪst
grittiest
ˈɡrɪtɪɪst
guiltiest
ˈɡɪltɪɪst
heftiest
ˈheftɪɪst
loftiest
ˈlɒftɪɪst
lustiest
ˈlʌstɪɪst
meatiest
ˈmiːtɪɪst
mightiest
ˈmaɪtɪɪst
nattiest
ˈnætɪɪst
naughtiest
ˈnɔːtɪɪst
saltiest
ˈsɔːltɪɪst
tastiest
ˈteɪstɪɪst
thirstiest
ˈθɜːstɪɪst
thriftiest
ˈθrɪftɪɪst
wittiest
ˈwɪtɪɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCANTIEST

scandium
scannable
scanned
scanner
scanning
scanning device
scanning electron microscope
scansion
scansorial
scant
scantier
scantily
scantiness
scantity
scantle
scantling
scantlings
scantly
scantness
scanty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCANTIEST

artiest
at the earliest
battiest
bustiest
daintiest
dirtiest
emptiest
faultiest
feistiest
frostiest
fruitiest
heartiest
jauntiest
nastiest
niftiest
nuttiest
prettiest
sportiest
spottiest
sweatiest
weightiest

Synonyms and antonyms of scantiest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCANTIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scantiest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scantiest

Translation of «scantiest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCANTIEST

Find out the translation of scantiest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scantiest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scantiest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scantiest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

más escasa
570 millions of speakers

English

scantiest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scantiest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scantiest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scantiest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scantiest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scantiest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qu´indigentes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scantiest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kärglichsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scantiest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scantiest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scantiest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scantiest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scantiest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वात सोपा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scantiest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scantiest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scantiest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scantiest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scantiest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάποιες αμυδρές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scantiest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knapphändig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scantiest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scantiest

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCANTIEST»

The term «scantiest» is used very little and occupies the 157.823 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCANTIEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scantiest

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QUOTES WITH «SCANTIEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scantiest.
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Gerald W. Johnson
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCANTIEST»

Discover the use of scantiest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scantiest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politicks and ...
scantiest. portion,. whwh. will support life, is alone provided; and the wretched Africans are compressed and stowed in every nook and cranny of the ship, as 1 they were dead goods concealed 011 board smuggling vessels. on being ...
‎1839
2
Smoke & Spice: Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue
SCANTIEST. Nashville. Carefully remove the tomatoes from the smoker to avoid losing any of their copious juices. Set the tomatoes aside to cool in the pan. (The smoked tomatoes can be refrigerated for several hours.) ...
Cheryl Jamison, Bill Jamison, 2014
3
The Raw Shark Texts
Waking up in an unfamiliar place, unable to remember who he is, and attacked by a force he cannot see, Eric Sanderson discovers he is being hunted by a psychic predatory shark that may exist only in his mind but soon starts making some very ...
Steven Hall, 2007
4
The Asiatic Journal
Miss Martineau advances the opinion, that ' if the Governmen: would give away its pearl banks to those who now fish those banks for the scantiest wages which will support life, government would soon gain more in a year from the pearls of ...
‎1836
5
History of Acworth: With the Proceedings of the Centennial ...
Where, now, with slow needle and knotting thread, With finger so weary, and aching head, The sad, care-worn, seamstress, from day to day, Gets scantiest food from scantiest pay, Then, with cheorfullest look that e'or was soon, She'll sit at ...
John Leverett Merrill, 1869
6
The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
bequeathed a large sum to be laid out in bread for the Christian slaves on that day of the week when their allowance of food was the scantiest. It was probably to the religious protection of the above endowment that he confided his legacy. Well ...
‎1836
7
One Story Inside Another
Far off to the west of here, Sabre-One-Eye questioned the three reconnaissance teams and discovered, among them all, only the scantiest morsels of intelligence existed. The team that Colinth-Black-Flight ordered to investigate the third spike ...
Victor Gordon Cullen, 2014
8
The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal
-—bequeathed a large sum to be laid out in bread for the Christian slaves on that day of the week when their allowance of food was the scantiest. It was probably to the religious protection of the above endowment that he confided his legacy.
‎1836
9
Madras Journal of Literature and Science
And he adds, I bat " the scantiest crop, if " managed willI frugality and economy will maintain ihrough the year, *' the same number of | e, J le that are commonly fed in a more aifluent " manner by one of moderate plenty."* It it. deserving of notice ...
‎1839
10
Asiatic Journal
Miss Martineau advances the opinion, that ' if the Government would give away its pearl banks to those who now fish those banks for the scantiest wages which will support life, government would soon gain more in a year from the pearls of ...
‎1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCANTIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scantiest is used in the context of the following news items.
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30 years ago today: Eric Clapton plays the Coliseum, the crowd is …
Singers Levy and Murphy returned to the stage clad in the scantiest of black petticoats, causing bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn to proclaim “GODDAMN!”, and while ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
2
The history of the bikini – from the atomic bomb to Beyoncé
The string bikini was du rigeur in the seventies while the eighties were all about the thong bikini, the scantiest version yet. In 1983, the bikini was taken off the ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
3
In Puritan Times, A Teen Was Hanged For A Crime Judged Worse …
He could expect to live a plain, unremarkable life, leaving behind the scantiest of records: a name on a ship's passenger log, perhaps a brief note in a Bible ... «io9, Jul 15»
4
Sultan Of Sokoto Denies Taking GEJ's Endorsement Money
“The most unfortunate part of the article was its deliberate and scantiest reference in the paragraph JNI featured, details were not provided at all, whereas to ... «NAIJ.COM, Apr 15»
5
Only Fools And Horses
It is not a glamorous time to race in the Cape but Wednesday's eight race Country Course programme is not the scantiest card we've seen either. «Sporting Post, Mar 15»
6
Fantasies of the Fleet: The Emotion of Submarines
But the submarine entices and excites, a weapon that gives the scantiest of illusions about security. “And when we talk about the subs,” exclaimed Madigan, ... «International Policy Digest, Feb 15»
7
Planeta's Cooking Secrets
We had few olives, but of average quality for a harvest that will be remembered as one of the scantiest, ever. Oil output, however, was higher than last year's.” ... «Olive Oil Times, Dec 14»
8
Yield of cereals, pulses might drop on low rains: Laxman Singh …
India Meteorological Department (IMD) says the country's northwest parts are expected to receive the scantiest monsoon rain this year. However, Laxman Singh ... «Business Standard, Aug 14»
9
Deutsche Bank Expects Arun Jaitley to Present 'Path-Breaking' Budget
June rainfall has been the scantiest in a decade, according to reports. Deutsche Bank expects Finance Minister Arun Jaitly's maiden budget to "surprise ... «NDTV, Jun 14»
10
MONSOON WOES: India witnesses third driest June since 1951 …
The scantiest rainfall in June took place in 2009, when rains failed under the shadow of an El Nino occurrence. Since June constitutes just 17% of monsoon's ... «Daily Bhaskar, Jun 14»

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