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# scantily

«scantily» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a small amount, not enough or not much; poorly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (scantier, scantiest for the adjective «scanty»)

### meaning for a pupil

In a small amount, not enough or not much; poorly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scantily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a room is scantily lit, or food or cloth is scantily given

### examples

- The room was scantily lit by one small window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scantily/#x1)
- Wales is scantily represented in the tales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scantily/#x2)
- The children were scantily dressed in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scantily/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scantily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scantily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.