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scantlyadverb
In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scantlyadverb
Etymology: from scant.
England, in the opinion of the popes, was preferred, because it contained in the ecclesiastical division two large provinces, which had their several legati nati; whereas France had scantly one. William Camden, Remains.
My eager love, I’ll give myself the lye;
The very hope is a full happiness,
Yet scantly measures what I shall possess. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Scantlyadverb
in a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously
Scantlyadverb
scarcely; hardly; barely
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scantly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scantly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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