skimpily

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English

Etymology

From skimpy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

skimpily (comparative more skimpily, superlative most skimpily)

  1. In a skimpy manner.
    Synonym: skimpingly
    • 2013, Julian Sher, Somebody's Daughter:
      No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs []