Many and Scant

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Many adjective - Being of a large but indefinite number.

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

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

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

Nearby Words: scanty, scanted, scanting

Thrawn himself, despite only appearing in a scant few books, is a borderline Memetic Badass, and regarded by many as the face of the Expanded Universe.

Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Literature
True to the genre of pulp Sword & Sorcery, many NPCs wear very scant clothing, with exposed abs for the men and more than a little stripperiffic clothes for the women.

Source: Video Game / Age of Conan
Due the devastating nature of being locked out like this for many classes (shadow priests until recently had zero non-shadow offensive spells) the duration of the silence or lockout is measured in a scant few seconds.

Source: Power Nullifier

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