Scantly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scantly \Scant"ly\, adv.
     1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly;
        penuriously. --Dryden.
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     2. Scarcely; hardly; barely.


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              Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread
              Upon that town.                       --Fairfax.
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              We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,
              And there is scantly time for half the work.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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