scantly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈskæntli/
Definition of scantly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
“He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.”
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adv
-
In a way that is slightly lacking, that is scant of how much should be provided.
“He scantly filled the bag, increasing his profits but getting dissatisified customers.”
-
Barely; hardly; scarcely.
“We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, / And there is scantly time for half the work.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From scant + -ly.
Words you can make from scantly
86 playable · top: SCANTY (11 pts)
Best play scanty 11 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
30 words- ACYL 9 pts
- CAYS 9 pts
- CLAY 9 pts
- CYAN 9 pts
- CYST 9 pts
- LACY 9 pts
- SYNC 9 pts
- LAYS 7 pts
- NAYS 7 pts
- SLAY 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- ACTS 6 pts
- CALS 6 pts
- CANS 6 pts
- CANT 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
- CATS 6 pts
- CLAN 6 pts
- LACS 6 pts
- SCAN 6 pts
- SCAT 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- ALTS 4 pts
- ANTS 4 pts
- LAST 4 pts
- LATS 4 pts
- SALT 4 pts
- SLAT 4 pts
- STAN 4 pts
- TANS 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
9 wordsFind your best play with scantly
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