Definitions for scantly
  • Scant (superl.) - 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.
  • Scant (superl.) - Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
  • Scant (v. t.) - To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
  • Scant (v. t.) - To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
  • Scant (v. i.) - To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
  • Scant (adv.) - In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
  • Scant (n.) - Scantness; scarcity.
  • Scanted (imp. & p. p.) - of Scant
  • Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Scant
  • Scantly (adv.) - In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
  • Scantly (adv.) - Scarcely; hardly; barely.
  • Scantness (n.) - The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
  • Scantnesses - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Scants - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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