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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
  • Another 1,000 units are attributed to traditional album sales, while song sales contribute minimally to the overall sum.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Path of destruction In the Caribbean, hotter-than-average waters paired with minimally disruptive winds higher in the atmosphere to create the perfect fuel and prime conditions for Melissa to strengthen.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Slot’s team barely looked back to see City and Arsenal stumbling.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The mashup lasted barely three minutes, but its impact has echoed for decades.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Many countries are not on track to meet their NDCs or have set targets that are insufficiently ambitious.
    Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Semafor first reported the withdrawal of Isaacman's nomination on Saturday afternoon, after which other publications confirmed the news and ran the same statement from the White House, which implies that Isaacman had been judged insufficiently MAGA for the job.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Circumstances favoured them, but Bowen’s early misfortune and a West Ham penalty award which was overturned by VAR scarcely influenced them.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This story retains a hold on people to a degree that most are likely scarcely aware of.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
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
  • In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 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
  • 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 29 Nov. 2025.

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