Scantily
['skæntili]
Definition
(adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Editor: Michel
Examples
- I suppose animals kept in cages, and so scantily fed as to be always upon the verge of famine, await their food as I awaited a letter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is a scantily furnished room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There was nothing to raise her spirits in the confined and scantily furnished chamber that she was to share with Susan. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Her dress was of a lavender colour, and perfectly neat; but scantily made, as if she desired to be as little encumbered as possible. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Michel