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as in minimally
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as in scantily
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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.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scantly
Adverb
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That patient was 70-year-old William Bryan of Alabama, who was scheduled in August to have his spleen removed in a minimally invasive (laparoscopic) procedure.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
15 Apr. 2026
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The minimally invasive treatment uses tiny radioactive beads.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Many of them are unknowns barely registering one percent of support.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Crafted from an ultra-smooth, barely-there fabric for easy wear from the plane to plans, these comfy pants rival your pajamas in the best way.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The crowd at an event for James Fishback, a Florida gubernatorial candidate, who, like many other young conservatives, considers MAGA insufficiently radical.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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This leaves due diligence up to mostly voluntary investigation process, leaving environmental and human rights risks upstream insufficiently monitored.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Magyar can scarcely afford, in this time of economic hardship, to forgo Russian energy.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Olivia Miles’ lone season with TCU women’s basketball could’ve scarcely gone better, with the Notre Dame transfer leading the team to the Elite Eight and winning Big 12 Player of the Year.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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
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According to François Godard, a media and telecoms analyst at Enders Analysis, the $71B Disney-Fox deal from late last decade, which was waved through by the EU but examined minutely, sets the closest recent precedent for Hollywood M&A in the continent.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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While the broader luxury market has cooled slightly compared to last year, these high-end pockets are playing by a different set of rules.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
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If fingerprints or grease are still there, try a slightly stronger method, but stay gentle.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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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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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 20 Apr. 2026.
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