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skimpy

skimp y |ˈskimpē ˈskɪmpi | adjective ( skimpier, skimpiest ) (of clothes ) short and revealing: a skimpy dress. providing or consisting of less than is needed; meager: my knowledge of music is extremely skimpy. DERIVATIVES skimp i ly |ˈskimpəlē |adverb, skimp i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

skimpy

skimpy |ˈskɪmpi | adjective ( skimpier, skimpiest ) 1 (of clothes ) short and revealing: a skimpy dress. 2 providing or consisting of less than is needed; meagre: my knowledge of music is extremely skimpy. DERIVATIVES skimpily adverb, skimpiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

skimpy

skimpy adjective 1 a skimpy black dress: revealing, short, low, low-cut; flimsy, thin, see-through, indecent. 2 my information is rather skimpy: meager, scanty, sketchy, limited, paltry, deficient, sparse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

skimpy

skimpy adjective 1 Judy wriggled into a skimpy black dress: revealing, short, brief, scanty, insubstantial; low, low-cut; flimsy, thin, see-through, indecent. ANTONYMS modest. 2 the information on second-home ownership is rather skimpy: meagre, scanty, scant, sketchy, limited, restricted, inadequate, insufficient, paltry, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, small, sparse; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS comprehensive, exhaustive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

skimpy

sk mp y 形容詞 ⦅くだけて ⦆1 〈衣服が 〉丈が短い, 小さい .2 (量が )不十分な, 乏しい, 貧弱な .3 «…において » けちな «on » .sk mp i ly 副詞 sk mp i ness 名詞