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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scantly \Scant"ly\, adverb
1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. --Dryden.
2. Scarcely; hardly; barely.
Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. --Fairfax.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson.
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