Scant"ly, adv. 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.
Scant"ly, adv. 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.