Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scantly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scantly \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.
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