skimpy vs scanty

0Only a guess - I'd say "scanty." "skimpy" means to me that you've skimped on the material. I believe "to skimp" implies that you're either "cheap" or short of funds. That is, you made the dress revealing not because of style or the desire to reveal, but because you wanted to save material.02br
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00"Scanty" would be intentionally revealing, and would probably make a

0Hi Avangi, I know one meaning of skimp is to cut corner as you suggest 'to save material'02br
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00I thought when it was applied to fashion it had another meaning. I'm not a fashion designer either but I've seen it used in the fashion world though it's possible the commentor was making disparaging remarks.02br
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00Thanks Avangi.0-

0N2G, did you actually see clothing referred to as "scanty"? I can't say that I have.02br
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00A skimpy dress shows a bit more flesh than your grandmother would approve of. I would expect a skimpy dress to have spaghetti straps and be quite short.0-

0Do you mean seeing the word scanty used in writing or an article of scanty clothing? I can't quite understand the meaning of your sentence. 02br
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00Anyway, yes. there are a lot of images on Google and I've seen it on TV. In fact, I've seen more revealing ones 05000 that my vocabulary isn't sufficient to describe.010id1

0I meant the WORD. 01i00She was wearing a scanty dress02i00. Have you ever seen a sentence like that? 02br
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00(Certainly we have ALL seen clothing that is simply undescribable!)0-

0Oh. Yes. It's always used to describe Paris Hilton and some models. But the one that I remember vividly is "scantily dressed". And usually it goes with the phrase 'racy photos'.02br
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00Should I create another thread to discuss about your sentence? I find it ambiguous.02br
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00(Did you actually see) (clothing referred to as 'scanty'?). If I read it

0 A woman who is wearing a skimpy dress is scantily clad. I have never heard of the dress itself (or any other article of clothing) being referred to as scanty.0-

0Here the results of a google search for scanty dress02br
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01a05000 02a0240hrefhttp://books.google.com.my/books?hl=en&q=scanty%20dress&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp

0 I didn't look at all of your Google results but of the first half dozen or so all but one were published in the 19th century. The one that was more recent was about "early modern Europe". I don't know what date range that is but I dare say it is a long time ago. As you must know, English usage changes at a fairly fast rate (even noticeable over an individual lifetime) so citing examples of usa

0Thanks, RayH. I didn't know they were old. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll skimpy when describing revealing clothing and scantily as adverb to modify verbs. Can I conclude that scanty is replaced by skimpy in the modern English? I'm trying to see when to use which. 05000 In other words, when would you use scanty?010id6