scantly

Example Sentences

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The business model and LIV’s lofty ambitions, however far-fetched they might seem in this early stage, are scantly visible right now.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

Perhaps the most important, though scantly reported, manifestation of this has been the emergence of a new group of retired officers called Flag Officers 4 America — "flag officers" meaning generals and admirals.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2021

But on Tuesday they learned that he was already 3,500 miles away, in Novaya Zemlya, a desolate, scantly populated group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, where he will serve at an air defense base.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019

If it did collapse, China would face a humanitarian crisis in its scantly populated northeast territories, as millions of North Koreans would stream across the border.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2017

Pile on lettuce leaves, and cover with French dressing, into which finely grated cheese has been scantly stirred.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha