scantly
pronunciation
How to pronounce scantly in British English:
UK ['skæntlɪ]
How to pronounce scantly in American English:
US ['skæntlɪ]
Word Origin
- scantly (adv.)
- late 14c., from scant + -ly (2). OED reports it "exceedingly common from the 15th to the middle of the 17th c.; in the 18th c. it had app. become obsolere; revived in literary use by Scott."