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English
Etymology
From scanty + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
scantily (comparative more scantily, superlative most scantily)
- Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.
- Synonym: parsimoniously
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 Roderick Hudson (EBook #176), U.S.A.: Project Gutenberg, 18 September 2016: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.
2006 January 17, Melissa Block, “Analysis: British Parliamentarian among reality TV show cast”, in NPR_ATC:American interest is provided by former NBA star, Dennis Rodman, and the scantily clad Traci Bingham, formerly of “Baywatch.”
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References
- “scantily”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “scantily”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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