scantly

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskæntli/

Adverb

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.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint

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

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