scantily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scantily
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
Adverb
  • Pregnant women are traditionally excluded from drug trials, so there is little known about the effects of many common medications on pregnancies.
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Despite her attempts to talk to him, little changed.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The lighthearted, yet slightly awkward moment stood out as a rarity among a season of tense uncertainty for McDaniel and the Dolphins, who sit at 3-7 on the year with increasingly long odds to make the playoffs.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • They’re considered a nut but are actually fruits, and technically behave more like tubers, offering the starchy, meaty, slightly sweet flesh almost between a sweet potato and chickpea.
    Todd Plummer, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • His most famous novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade (a 1974 National Book Award finalist), is nominally about a Key West burnout whose determination to become a local fishing guide leads him to ruin.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And after Musk left DOGE, initially nominally headed by former healthcare executive Amy Gleason, operates primarily through staffers in cost-cutting positions spread across government departments and agencies.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Scantily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantily. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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