Scant'ly adverb 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. Dryden. 2. Scarcely; hardly; barely. « Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town.» Fairfax. « We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, An... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/26