Scant vs. Scantly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Scant and Scantly
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Scant
Barely sufficient or adequate
Companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations
Scantly
Barely sufficient
Paid scant attention to the lecture.
Scant
Provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts
He does not scant his attention to the later writings
Scantly
Falling short of a specific measure
A scant cup of sugar.
Scant
Barely sufficient
Paid scant attention to the lecture.
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Scantly
Inadequately supplied; short
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
Scant
Falling short of a specific measure
A scant cup of sugar.
Scantly
To give an inadequate portion or allowance to
Had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.
Scant
Inadequately supplied; short
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
Scantly
To limit, as in amount or share; stint
Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job.
Scant
To give an inadequate portion or allowance to
Had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.
Scantly
To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.
Scant
To limit, as in amount or share; stint
Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job.
Scantly
In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.
Scant
To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.
Scantly
Barely; hardly; scarcely.
Scant
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
A scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
Scantly
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Scant
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Scantly
Scarcely; hardly; barely.
Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispreadUpon that town.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,And there is scantly time for half the work.
Scant
(transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
To scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
Scant
(intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
The wind scants.
Scant
Very little, very few.
After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
Scant
A small piece or quantity.
Scant
(uncommon) Scarcity; lack.
Scant
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
Scant
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
Scant
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Scant
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scant
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
Scant
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Scant
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
Scant
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scant
To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
Scant
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Scant
Scantness; scarcity.
Scant
Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Scant
Limit in quality or quantity
Scant
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;
Sting with the allowance
Scant
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
A light pound
A scant cup of sugar
Regularly gives short weight
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