as in meagerly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scantily
little
Adverb
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But for five years after the Brexit vote, the country’s trade changed little.—
Jonathan Haskel,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025 -
Last year at least three cases of life-threatening anaphylactic reactions were reported in Georgia, making this little (and little-known) insect a growing problem.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
9 June 2025
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“Scantily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantily. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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