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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Scantly

· Scant·ly · IPA /ˈskæntli/
01 adv. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
  1. 1.
    In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
  2. 2.
    Scarcely; hardly; barely.
    “Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town.” — Fairfax.
    “We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work.” — Tennyson.