enough vs scant

enough

pron
  • A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. 

noun
  • An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently. 

adv
  • Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc. 

  • Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. 

  • Sufficiently. 

intj
  • Stop! Don't do that any more! 

det
  • Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. 

scant

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

noun
  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

adj
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

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