'Scantly' definitions:

Definition of 'Scantly'

From: GCIDE
  • Scantly \Scant"ly\, adv.
  • 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Scarcely; hardly; barely. [1913 Webster]
  • Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
  • We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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