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In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.

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  1. adv. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
  2. adv. Scarcely; hardly; barely.
  3. 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. Dryden. 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.
  4. adv. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. adv. Scarcely; hardly; barely.