scantily
skan tuh lee
- r in a sparse or scanty way
- True, her wardrobe seems to consist entirely of Lycra, but her sartorial style and stage manner are tame compared with the scantily clad Indian stars who can be found shimmying .
- Workers, scantily clad, were forced to stand at attention in the biting cold during roll calls that went on for hours.
- A quiet battle is raging over the Bush Administration's plan to appoint a scantily credentialed doctor, whose writings include a book titled As Jesus Cared for Women .