scantly
Example Sentences
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And they have rolled out a conveyor belt of scantly tested substitute chemicals that sometimes turn out to be just as dangerous as their predecessors.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
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 its substance is scantly developed, its clear and simple premise dismayingly oversimplified.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
Cameron Folmar carries the 80-minute show on a scantly decorated stage; if “Santaland” is meant as theater’s break at the comedy club, it’s a thin start.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2017
And so gentle and lovely a maid to boot, as is scantly to be found in the three kingdoms of the King’s Majesty.”
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah
