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scantly
adverb as in hardly
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- almost inconceivably
- almost not
- by a hair
- by no means
- detectably
- faintly
- gradually
- imperceptibly
- infrequently
- little
- 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
- only just
- perceptibly
- pretty near
- slightly
- sparsely
- sporadically
- with trouble
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Example Sentences
Mr. Mitchett was none the less scantly diverted from his estimate of the occasion Mrs. Brookenham had just named to him.
He remembered the effect this adviser had produced on Julia—an effect that scantly ministered to the idea of another meeting.
The children were barefoot, bare headed and scantly dressed, and it seemed awfully dirty about the doors of the shanties.
He gnawed at the scantly-fleshed ribs of the first rabbit, savoring the raw meaty smell and flavor.
The contents of it, as of all Fielding's work in this kind, include certain things for which the moderns are scantly grateful.
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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scantly, such as: barely, comparatively, practically, rarely, seldom, and simply.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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