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scantily

adv
/ˈskæntɪli/

Etymology

From scanty + -ly.

  1. inherited from scanten
  2. derived from *(s)ḱem-✻ — “mutilated, hornless”
  3. derived from *skammaz✻ — “short”
  4. derived from skamt
  5. inherited from scant
  6. suffixed as scanty — “scant + y”
  7. formed as scantily — “scanty + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Sparingly

    Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner.

    • It was rather a nod than a bow, and indicated either that he was an old friend, or that he was scantily versed in the usual social forms.
    • This brought me into the study itself. It is a scantily furnished room.
    • American interest is provided by former NBA star, Dennis Rodman, and the scantily clad Traci Bingham, formerly of “Baywatch.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scantily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01scantily02plentifully03plentiful04profuse05excess06necessity07lack08dearth09rare10scarce

A definitional loop anchored at scantily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at scantily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA