scantly

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Recent Examples of scantly But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scantly
Adverb
  • But businesses can do more to use plastic efficiently and minimally.
    Sammy Duda, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • The team believes the technology could improve tactile guidance in minimally invasive surgery.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Adverb
  • After being rejected by Palace, Semenyo spent the following year barely playing sport at all.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Misael eating meat alone, cutting up pieces with an enormous knife while barely lit by the flames in front of him, and, sporadically, almost-silent lightning bursts in the distant background.
    Vadim Rizov, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Adverb
  • The registered nurse and community activist has depicted Foster as insufficiently progressive on housing equity issues.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Many critics of such wanton cosmic acquisitiveness balk at the idea of scarcely regulated private-sector lunar strip-mining.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
  • The year is 1999, and the city’s evolution into a scarcely affordable tech capital is in progress, but not yet complete.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 May 2026
Adverb
  • Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Its standout feature is its hyper-deformable wheels, minutely structured from silicone, composite, and stainless steel, which create a soft, enlarged contact surface with the terrain.
    Tim Barber, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Yolo County’s homeless population declined slightly over the past two years, but nearly two-thirds of the people counted in January were living outdoors as county leaders considered millions of dollars in cuts to the services many rely on.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • Now, the qualifying procedure — which was already slightly altered from previous years — is getting altered again.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Adverb
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Scantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantly. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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