scant

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment

His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.

Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

a scant cup of sugar

To limit in amount or share; to stint.

to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

Scant not my cups.

To fail, or become less; to scantle.

The wind scants.

Very little, very few.

After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

(as pronoun) The failure of this project has scant to do with me.