scanty
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Mammachi asked, turning her slanty dark glasses towards the new sounds: car doors slamming, getting- outedness.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
It was shooting up and up and up on a steep slanty course as if it were climbing a very steep hill.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
All I know is the Big Dipper, and that the slanty W set up sidewise is Cassiopea’s Chair.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
And perhaps straighten her up too, so the deck won't be so slanty.
From The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Stratemeyer, Edward
Vocabulary lists containing scanty
On the Origin of Species
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The Bridge Home
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"Declaration of Sentiments," Vocabulary from the public document
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