scantly

adverb

Definition of scantlynext
1
as in minimally

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2
as in scantily

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Recent Examples of scantly But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scantly
  1. minimally
  2. scantily
  3. barely
  4. insufficiently
  5. scarcely
  6. sparely
  7. minutely
  8. meagerly
Adverb
  • The only way to keep pushing forward was to have biweekly angioplasty surgery, a minimally invasive medical produce used to open blocked or narrowed heart arteries.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The underlying problem was an intestinal condition that doctors can fix with a routine, minimally invasive surgery, experts who reviewed Malone’s death records said.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of minimally
Adverb
  • More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Definition of scantily
Adverb
  • The applause barely stopped, and the crowd sang along to every word as well as danced in their seats throughout the entire two-and-a-half-hour show.
    — Nada Aboul Kheir, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
  • That’s a lot to think about barely two months away from a consequential midterm election in which voters will choose a new second-in-command.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of barely
Adverb
  • The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious, insufficiently consistent with Catholic doctrine, or insufficiently compelling to justify an ecclesiastical policy.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The order also authorizes the Justice Department to challenge state vaccine regulations deemed insufficiently respectful of parental objections.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Roman will spend more than a quarter of its planned five-year primary mission observing this 10,000-light-year-wide region, which is so sprawling and thick with stars that previous telescopes have scarcely probed its depths.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
  • While earlier sitcom crews met up at a coffee shop or a bar, young people like Billie—who spends her days submitting dozens of job applications without a single reply—are scarcely in a position to treat the city as their playground.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of scarcely
Adverb
  • Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of sparely
Adverb
  • Roman, however, can uniquely sift through Andromeda’s stars much more minutely because of its wider field of view.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of minutely
Adverb
  • Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
    — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of meagerly

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“Scantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantly. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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