scantly Meaning, Definition & Usage

Scant"ly adverb

Definitions

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.