scantilyadv.
/ˈskantɪli/ In a scanty manner or measure.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
scantc1440
scantly1509
daintilya1513
barelya1535
thinly1537
leanly1580
meagrelya1586
starvedly1606
exile1654
scantily1774
skimpingly1853
skimpily1859
stintedly1863
barrenly1877
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] > in a skimpy manner
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skimpily1859
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 5 That nourishment which their vegetable food so scantily supplies.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 39 Though more scantily attired than she might have been she was dressed with perfect neatness.
1897 D. Lyall in Brit. Weekly 7 Jan. 214/5 I knew nothing but my medical work—and that but scantily.
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