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Definition of Scantily
1. Adverb. In a sparse or scanty way. "A barely furnished room"
Definition of Scantily
1. adv. In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Definition of Scantily
1. Adverb. In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. ¹
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Definition of Scantily
1. scanty [adv] - See also: scanty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantily
Literary usage of Scantily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"That night a woman, scantily clothed and trembling with fear, was found wandering
through the streets among the heaps of dead and dying, looking for her ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"That night a woman, scantily clothed and trembling with fear, was found wandering
through the streets among the heaps of dead and dying, looking for her ..."
3. The Slave: Or, Memoirs of Archy Moore by Richard Hildreth (1836)
"... I must confess, nature had but scantily endowed me ; nor did I find it so
easy, as I might have desired, to strip myself of all the feelings of a man. ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"He also increased the number of the royal chaplains in Scotland from six to ten,
thus adding one or two additional prizes to the scantily endowed church ..."
5. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"That night a woman, scantily clothed and trembling with fear, was found wandering
through the streets among the heaps of dead and dying, looking for her ..."
6. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"Several species have already been made out. rous, they exist in tracts of country
scantily covered with vegetation; and in Brazil, where the vegetation is ..."
7. Deutsch's Letters: A Practical and Grammatical Course for Easy and Thorough by Solomon Deutsch (1879)
"... girl is dressed scantily, but her mother is clothed still more scantily than
she. 23. A teacher asked one of his pupils: " How cold is it near the (am) ..."
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