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    SKIMPY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: skimpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, skimpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: skimpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: skimpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (of clothing) revealing the bodyplay

    Example:

    her dress was scanty and revealing

    Synonyms:

    scanty; skimpy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    revealing (showing or making known)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Containing little excessplay

    Example:

    a skimpy allowance

    Synonyms:

    lean; skimpy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

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