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scampingly

scampingly is the dated form of skimpingly.

Meaning of skimpingly

Adverb

skimpingly (comparative more skimpingly, superlative most skimpingly)

  1. So as to skimp; stingily; insufficiently.
    • Montague had served Edward well, but had been only skimpingly rewarded.1995, John Fines, Who's who in the Middle Ages, page 81
    Synonyms:
    skimpily

Forms of scampingly

comparativemore scampingly
superlativemost scampingly

Origin of scampingly

From scamping + -ly.

Questions about scampingly

What is scampingly the dated form of?
Scampingly is the dated form of skimpingly.

Words near scampingly in the dictionary

  1. scampers
  2. scamphood
  3. scampi
  4. scampies
  5. scamping
  6. scampingly
  7. scampis
  8. scampish
  9. scampishly
  10. scampishness
  11. scampo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scampingly (page history and authors); skimpingly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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