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
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Adverb
  • Honey is minimally processed compared to refined white sugar and may offer modest health benefits.
    T'Keyah Bazin, Verywell Health, 10 June 2026
  • The raw food diet emphasizes eating uncooked and minimally processed foods.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026
Adverb
  • 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
Adverb
  • And three of them — Laurie Canter, Peter Uihlein and Caleb Surratt — just barely made it after finishing right on the cutline at 4 over.
    Matt Schubert, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • The uncomfortable truth here is that whether anyone is keeping that eye depends on which level of government prevails, and the contest has barely begun.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Adverb
  • This is another entry that seems hastily done, insufficiently explained.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Dougherty led the criminal investigation that found two sources for the fire – an old fire that had been insufficiently smothered and Xcel power lines.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
Adverb
  • The launch was scarcely announced in advance.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
  • Although Homer does not say so, enslaved women in a royal house would scarcely have had the power to refuse male visitors, even so surly a bunch as the suitors.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 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
  • 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

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“Scantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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