Scantly [adverb]
Definition of Scantly:
scarcely; with difficulty
Synonyms of Scantly:
● Comparatively
● Practically
● Seldom
● Barely
● Simply
● Somewhat
● Rarely
● Just
● Gradually
● Imperceptibly
● Infrequently
● Little
● Only
● Slightly
● Sporadically
● Almost inconceivably
● Almost not
● By a hair
● By no means
● Detectably
● Faintly
● No more than
● No way
● Not a bit
● Not at all
● Not by much
● Not likely
● Not markedly
● Not measurably
● Not much
● Not notably
● Not noticeably
● Not often
● Not quite
● Once in a blue moon
● Only just
● Perceptibly
● Pretty near
● Sparsely
● With trouble
Opposite/Antonyms of Scantly:
● Very
● Frequently
Sentence/Example of Scantly:
I scantly wis—marry, methinks with the Court, at this present.
Come, Sir, I should scantly play the same trick on you twice.
You scantly looked, as methinks, for a visit of ours this even?
“That were scantly the mean, I take it,” quietly returned he.
“I scantly know, Jack,” answered he, shaking his white head.
“I have little patience with such doctrines, and scantly with such men,” said John.
Such a fright have I had this morrow, I may scantly hold my pen.
Albeit at the beginning it was against their wills, and scantly would they receive it.
Only it all seems to mean that I shall see you all but scantly and remotely.
Having built streets, of their old gravestones, they wander about scantly trying to 'look alive.'