scantily
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6.4
- adverb
- /ˈskæntɪli/
- NSFW
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escasamente
- She walked down the runway, scantily clad in a dazzling outfit that left little to the imagination.
- scantily clad
- scantily dressed
- scantily clad women
Well, last week a scantily clad Japanese man covered himself rather indelicately with Mentos and jumped into his tiny Coke filled bathtub.
- Well, last week a scantily clad Japanese man covered himself rather indelicately with Mentos and jumped into his tiny Coke filled bathtub.
Examples
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Some of the people were well-dressed, some scantily clad, but all intent on getting enjoyment out of their leisure season.
Fiction book (1992) -
The music video featured dancers who were scantily clad, catching everyone's attention.
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There is a beautiful scantily dressed blonde girl in the apartment with him.
Fiction book (1995) -
Children this age are mobile and, in the hot, damp climate, are often barefoot and scantily dressed.
Academic text (1994) -
Or the scantily clad mermaids.
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The women who stood in the doorways and alleyways were more scantily dressed and heavily made up.
Fiction book (1995) -
Even Armstrong, standing half-crocked at the bar, is flanked by two scantily clad women.
Fiction book (2002) -
Stage proper later: two men juggle as a plump, scantily clad woman gestures and points at them.
Fiction book (1992) -
At the beach party, many attendees arrived scantily clad in their swimsuits for the hot weather.
Synonyms
1
7.5
In a way that shows a lot of the body by wearing very little clothing
1
6.8
In a small way that is not enough
Partly dressed in a loose, untidy way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scantily comes from the word scant (and scanty), which means 'not enough' or 'barely enough'. So scantily describes doing something 'with very little' and, about clothing, it came to mean 'revealing' because the clothes use 'not enough' material.