adv. 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Scarcely; hardly; barely. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]