What is a synonym for "skimpily"?

Common synonyms include: here and there, infrequently, rarely, scantily, scantily, scarcely.

Skimpily

adv

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Adverb

1
In a skimpy manner.
"No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]"

Adverb

1
in a skimpy manner wordnet

Synonyms

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here and there infrequently rarely scantily scantily scarcely

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"No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]"

Etymology

From skimpy + -ly.

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