scantiness

The very scantiness of the data made it all the more convincing.

In particular, I share his concern at the scantiness of the financial means available under this regulation.

Mr. Giuliani's plan is simpler to describe because of its scantiness.

Too, given the scantiness of many slave garments, it is sometimes necessary to walk in them with exquisite care.

Then, realizing the scantiness of her costume, she acted upon a sudden impulse.

Compounding the collection's scantiness is the steadfast subtlety of its narratives.

The most pervasive characteristic of measurements of soil loss at different points throughout the world is their scantiness.

His congregation was never large, and the scantiness of his stipend reduced him to straits.

The gleanings of precarious charity Her scantiness of food did scarce supply.

He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him.

Despite the scantiness of Vauvenargues's oeuvre, it has attracted considerable interest.

Forgive the scantiness of our apparel!

The abundance or scantiness of this supply, too, seems to depend more upon the former of those two circumstances than upon the latter.

On regarding what Rienzi did, we must look to his means, to the difficulties that surrounded him, to the scantiness of his resources.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources or the difficulties of my life.

Miss Tox's dress, though perfectly genteel and good, had a certain character of angularity and scantiness.

He rummaged through the bag of supplies Dard brought, grunting at the scantiness of the pitiful collection.

Nair attire was noted by the British for its "moderateness, sometimes bordering on scantiness", and likewise noted that they washed their clothes frequently.

Some of the difficulties were: an unsympathetic environment, scantiness of reference material, inadequate equipment, and a lack of guidance and direction.

But Marian did not stop to tell them the trouble; nor did she realize the actual scantiness of her costume, until she had reached the front street.

The scantiness of the latter reveals not only its definitional frugality but the editorial conviction that prescriptiveness is "authoritarian" and therefore to be shunned.

Such disorderly persons, however, seldom rear up numerous families, their children generally perishing from neglect, mismanagement, and the scantiness or unwholesomeness of their food.

Rolls of dimes, shivs and brass knuckles are unlikely to be spotted by each game's one-man officiating crew, despite the scantiness of the singlets.

Despite the scantiness of the documentary record for the Palsgrave's troupe, Gunnell can be seen moving up into a managerial responsibility over his years with the company.

Faintly I wondered again at Ruth's scantiness of garb, her more than half nudity; dwelt curiously upon the red brand across Ventnor's forehead.