SCANTILY Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

scantily

adverb

Definition of scantily

as in meagerly

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Recent Examples of scantily In a series of photos and videos released Wednesday, Sweeney can be seen naked or scantily clad, holding American footballs, a tennis racket or a baseball bat. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 The actress left little to the imagination in a provocative new campaign for Novig, posing nude or scantily clad alongside an array of sports equipment as the company promoted its sports-only approach. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026

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Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.

— Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
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

Definition of meagerly

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And the cost of a material tells us very little about the craftsmanship required to transform it.

— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
While property tax politics have changed very little, Hynes will take over an office much transformed compared with when his uncle, former assessor Thomas Hynes, ran it between 1979 and 1997.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of little

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Throughout the record, Schmitt shifts his identity as a narrator, flipping from his slightly nasal twang to a pointed use of Auto-Tune.

— Cameron Cook, Pitchfork, 13 Nov. 2026
Today’s collaboration between AD100 design firm Nickey Kehoe and The Lacquer Company brings the glossy finish down to a slightly more manageable scale, applying it to coffee tables, desks, trays, and tissue boxes.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of slightly

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Sallal’s pro-Egyptian regime was ousted in a bloodless coup in late 1967 and replaced by a nominally civilian one headed by Pres.

— Manfred W. Wenner, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026
Dru Smith has been cast as a zone-defense specialist, nominally a playing choice at this point.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

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