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    scantily
    [ adv ]
    in a sparse or scanty way
    <adv.all>
    a barely furnished room


    Scantily \Scant"i*ly\, adv.
    In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly;
    parsimoniously.

    His mind was very scantily stored with materials.
    --Macaulay.

    1. The Knesset, or parliament, earlier this month outlawed outdoor advertising that features scantily clad people.
    2. Depicted for years on postcards of the gambling city's downtown, the scantily clad Primadonna Lady is the only survivor among nine long-legged statue showgirls that for three decades towered above the old Primadonna hotel-casino.
    3. A suburban fire company that published a 1989 calendar displaying photographs of scantily clad women will bow to complaints from feminists by publishing a beefcake version for 1990.
    4. During "Honky Tonk Woman," two balloon figures of scantily clad women, nearly as tall as the stage, were inflated.
    5. Under Saudi law, pornography includes any magazine with pictures of scantily clad women, including mail order catalogues.
    6. The Toronto Sun publishes feisty tabloids filled with crime stories and pictures of scantily clad women, whereas the Financial Post prefers sober reporting of business issues.
    7. But after seven hours of debate Tuesday, legislators voted 42-38 to give the first of three approvals needed to adopt a law banning use of nude or scantily clad women in advertising.
    8. The "preppie" killer who strangled a young woman in Central Park was videotaped at a party shortly before his trial frolicking with several scantily clad female friends and acting out two strangulations, according to a television news program.
    9. Parade floats and scantily clad samba dancers revved up the city's marathon carnival, while the government urged TV stations to be a bit more discreet about broadcasting nude revelers.
    10. In the first issue's climactic scene, Nightcat, armed with new powers after an accidental injection of "cat serum," battles a scantily clad villainess on the roof of a skyscraper to avenge her father's death.
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