Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a scanty manner; inadequately; insufficiently; slightly; sparingly; niggardly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a sparse or scanty way

Etymologies

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scanty +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • She told the New York Times, "She's like a Page 3 girl," Neophitou said, referring to the scantily clad voluptuous women featured in the Sun, a London tabloid.

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Maura Judkis 2012

  • Also, the poster is described as scantily clad, not naked - I am guessing that one could take their kids to the beach and see women (live, not pictures) dressed similarly.

    Lowell Sun Forum 2008

  • O'BRIEN: Well, you're the one who said tacky statue, not me, but they're kind of scantily clad.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2005 2005

  • But there were also signs of things to come: recordings of scantily clad ladies, violence, spectacles such as parades, and “unseen” sights, like dancing American Indians, or everyday life captured in “exotic” locales of East Asia, or in Mexico.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • But there were also signs of things to come: recordings of scantily clad ladies, violence, spectacles such as parades, and “unseen” sights, like dancing American Indians, or everyday life captured in “exotic” locales of East Asia, or in Mexico.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Not long now: At the Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth, a scantily clad Maori gentlemen toots on his conch to welcome both teams on to the pitch and they duly file out of the tunnel and line up for the national anthems.

    Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales v Namibia – live! 2011

  • Both teams march out on to the pitch, where they're greeted by the customary scantily clad Maori summoning them with a toot on his conch.

    Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland v Wales - live! | Barry Glendenning 2011

  • Geena Davis, erstwhile star of the show, Commander in Chief, spoke about her work as an activist in raising the image of women in film from eye candy or cartoon scantily clad stick figures to complex and nuanced people.

    Regina Weinreich: Women, War & Peace: Power Breakfast for PBS Premiere Regina Weinreich 2011

  • Several processions have been staged, featuring extravagant floats with celebrities and scantily dressed bejeweled dancers from several competing samba schools.

    Haiti, Brazil Hold Carnival Celebrations 2011

  • I remember sitting in the dark auditorium, feeling awkward amidst my male colleagues, watching the images of dismembered and scantily clad female body parts advertising liquor and cars and possibly orange juice flash across the screen in dizzying succession.

    Lori Day: The Gender Pendulum: How the Free Market Economy Creates Gender Polarization Lori Day 2011

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