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scantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈskæntli/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English scant Middle English -ly English -ly English scantly From scant + -ly.

Meanings

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:

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