"scantily" meaning in English

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        {
          "word": "scantily clad"
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          "ref": "1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC; republished as Roderick Hudson (EBook #176), U.S.A.: Project Gutenberg, 18 September 2016:",
          "text": "It was rather a nod than a bow, and indicated either that he was an old friend, or that he was scantily versed in the usual social forms.",
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          "ref": "1904 July, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:",
          "text": "This brought me into the study itself. It is a scantily furnished room.",
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          "ref": "2006 January 17, Melissa Block, “Analysis: British Parliamentarian among reality TV show cast”, in NPR_ATC:",
          "text": "American interest is provided by former NBA star, Dennis Rodman, and the scantily clad Traci Bingham, formerly of “Baywatch.”",
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        "Sparingly; not plentifully; not fully; in a scanty manner."
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          "sparingly"
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          "plentifully",
          "plentifully"
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          "fully",
          "fully"
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          "scanty"
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