scant
adjective
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
scantly
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a word derived from
scant.
Example Sentences
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The business model and LIV’s lofty ambitions, however far-fetched they might seem in this early stage, are scantly visible right now.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Perhaps the most important, though scantly reported, manifestation of this has been the emergence of a new group of retired officers called Flag Officers 4 America — "flag officers" meaning generals and admirals.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2021
“In choosing a serial murder case that was scantly covered at the time, Green takes us far from the terrain of fashionably notorious Netflix psychopaths.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
First, China would face a humanitarian crisis in its scantly populated northwest region, as millions of North Koreans flee the ensuing anarchy.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2017
If all riddles were as readily solute as this, it were scantly worth the trouble to make them.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
