Scant vs. Scantly

Scantadjective

Very little, very few.

Scantadjective

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

Scantadjective

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Scantverb

(transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.

Scantverb

(intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.

Scantnoun

(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

Scantnoun

(masonry) A sheet of stone.

Scantnoun

(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Scantadverb

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Scantadjective

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.

Scantadjective

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Scantverb

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.

Scantverb

To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

Scantverb

To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

Scantadverb

In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Scantnoun

Scantness; scarcity.

Scantverb

work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

Scantverb

limit in quality or quantity

Scantverb

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;

Scantadjective

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;

Scantadjective

barely sufficient or adequate

Scantadjective

barely amounting to a specified number or quantity

Scantverb

provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts

Scantverb

deal with inadequately; neglect

Scantlyadverb

In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.

Scantlyadverb

Barely; hardly.

Scantlyadverb

In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.

Scantlyadverb

Scarcely; hardly; barely.