scant

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
2. 2
   Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
3. 3
   Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

Verb

1. 1
   To limit in amount or share; to stint.
2. 2
   To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Determiner

1. 1
   Very little, very few.

Noun

1. 1
   A small piece or quantity.
2. 2
   Scarcity; lack.
3. 3
   A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
4. 4
   A sheet of stone.
5. 5
   A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Adverb

1. 1
   With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.