Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town.
Fairfax.
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time
for half the work.
Tennyson.
Scant"ness, n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness;
smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. "Scantness of outward things."
Barrow.
Scant"y (?), a. [Compar. Scantier (?); superl. Scantiest.] [From Scant,
a.] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty.
Locke.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.
Pope.
2. Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty
supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.