a. Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. “The canty dame.” Wordsworth [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]