scantly

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scantly \Scant"ly\, adv.
   1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly;
      penuriously. --Dryden.
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   2. Scarcely; hardly; barely.
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            Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread
            Upon that town.                       --Fairfax.
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            We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,
            And there is scantly time for half the work.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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