scantly

scant·ly
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US, UK/ˈskæntli/

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.”

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Meanings

adverbscantly (comparative more scantly, superlative most scantly)

comparative more scantly · superlative most scantly

  1. 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. Barely; hardly; scarcely.

    We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, / And there is scantly time for half the work.

    1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 16

Origin

From scant + -ly.

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scantly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scantly.

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