scantily
/ˈskæntɪli/
scantily adverb: sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
Adverb
scantily (comparative more scantily, superlative most scantily)
- Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
- It was rather a nod than a bow, and indicated either that he was an old friend, or that he was scantily versed in the usual social forms.1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC; republished as...
- This brought me into the study itself. It is a scantily furnished room.1904 July, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- parsimoniously
scantily meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
scantily in Urdu
- بہ قلت, کمی سے
scantily in Malayalam
- നാമമാത്രമായി, കഷ്ടിച്ച്, ദൗർലഭ്യമായി
Examples of scantily in a sentence
- With sales slipping, a fast-food chain notorious for featuring scantily clad women has decided on a food-centric message.
- You get to travel the world, perform for thousands of scantily clad ravers, and earn a stack of money.
- When will they introduce a scantily clad, ultrabuff, humpa-hunka burn'n all-man studflesh to give us feigellas a reason to watch?
Synonyms of scantily
Forms of scantily
| comparative | more scantily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scantily |
Origin of scantily
From scanty + -ly.
Words formed from scantily
Questions about scantily
- What does scantily mean?
- Scantily means sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
- What is scantily in Urdu?
- Scantily in Urdu is بہ قلت, کمی سے. See Scantily meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is scantily?
- Scantily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce scantily?
- Scantily is pronounced /ˈskæntɪli/.
Words near scantily in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scantily (page history and authors); scantily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scantily (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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