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scantly

Syllables: scant·lyUK/ˈskæntli/

scantly adverb: in a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.

Adverb

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

scantly meaning in Bengali

scantly in Bengali

কোনোরকমে, কষ্টে, খুবই কম

Forms of scantly

comparativemore scantly
superlativemost scantly

Origin of scantly

From scant + -ly.

Questions about scantly

What does scantly mean?
Scantly means in a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
What is scantly in Bengali?
Scantly in Bengali is কোনোরকমে, কষ্টে, খুবই কম. See Scantly meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is scantly?
Scantly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce scantly?
Scantly is pronounced /ˈskæntli/ (UK).

Words near scantly in the dictionary

  1. Scantlin
  2. scantling
  3. scantlinged
  4. scantlings
  5. Scantlins
  6. scantly
  7. scantness
  8. scantron
  9. scantrons
  10. scants
  11. scanty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scantly (page history and authors); scantly (Bengali 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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