adverb.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
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adverb.
in a sparse or scanty way
Word Usage
"She told the New York Times, "She's like a Page 3 girl," Neophitou said, referring to the scantily clad voluptuous women featured in the Sun, a London tabloid."