Amount and Scant

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Amount noun - A given or particular mass or aggregate of matter.

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Scant and amount are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scant" instead an adjective "Amount".

Nearby Words: amounting, amounted

Scant adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

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Amount and scant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amount" instead an adjective "Scant".

Nearby Words: scanty, scanted, scanting

One of the Bonus Dungeons has a sizable amount of each berry, but it's still limited to only a scant amount of each type.

Source: Rare Candy
The "Outer World" has little access to magic and thrives on technology instead, and has peoples in various types of environments, including a scant amount of primitive tribes.

Source: Eternal English
Amelia and Zelgadis have a very scant amount of chemistry in the novels, but they're 15 and 19 in those mediums if the very mild Ship Tease means anything.

Source: Light Novel / Slayers

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