EGAVE

scantly

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
    He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.
  2. adverb Barely; hardly; scarcely.

Similar words

scantily meagerly meagrely slenderly skimpingly sparely scrimply sparingly marginally exiguously

Often followed by

clad dressed to have and clothed furnished leaved populated be

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