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- Dictionaryscantily/ˈskantɪli/
adverb
- 1. in a way that is small or insufficient in quantity or amount: "a small, scantily furnished room"
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wearing very little clothing: scantily clad dancers. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Scarce, inadequate and not enough. be at a premium idiom. be thin on the ground idiom. chronic shortage. dearth. dearth of something.
: limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent. scantily. ˈskan-tə-lē. adverb. scantiness. ˈskan-tē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. exiguous. hand-to-mouth. light. meager. meagre. niggardly. poor. scant. scarce. skimpy. slender. slim.
Scantily definition: to a barely sufficient degree; in a meager or barely adequate quantity or way. See examples of SCANTILY used in a sentence.
adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est. 1. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent: scanty rations; scanty evidence. 2. Not covering a considerable amount of the body: a scanty bathing suit. scant′i·ly adv. scant′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
the "scanty" family. in a sparse or scanty way.
SCANTILY definition: not wearing many clothes and showing a lot of the body. Learn more.
Meaning of scantly in English. scantly. adverb. literary us / ˈskænt.li / uk / ˈskænt.li / Add to word list. in a basic way; not to a great extent: It was a great performance by a scantly known actor. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Small in number and quantity. beggarly. below. bupkis. certain.
