scantly
adverb
literaryuk/ˈskænt.li/us/ˈskænt.li/in abasicway; not to agreatextent:
仅仅;勉强地It was agreatperformanceby a scantlyknownactor.这场演出非常精彩,虽然演员名不见经传。
Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- below
- bubkes
- certain
- could countsomethingon (the fingers of) one handidiom
- count
- mildness
- mingy
- minimal
- minimally
- modestly
- outside
- piffling
- remote
- slenderness
- smallness
- some
- speak
- strength
- suggestion
→scantily
(同 scantily)Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premiumidiom
- be thin on the groundidiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- lacking
- long onsomethingand short onsomethingidiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- nearly
- scrubby
- shortage
- shortfall
- shortness
- shy
- skinny
- sparse
- thin