skimpilyadv.
/ˈskɪmpɪli/ In a skimpy manner or style.
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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
scantily1841
skimpily1859
1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 314 She would..have dressed herself more becomingly, and less skimpily.
1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 487 They are carelessly and ‘skimpily’ got up goods.
1887 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. iii She recrossed the skimpily furnished drawing-room.
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