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scrimply, adv.|ˈskrɪmplɪ|
[f. scrimp a. + -ly2.]
1. In a niggardly, parsimonious manner.
1724Ramsay Health 364 Nor scrimply save from what's to merit due. a1728― Miser & Minos 6 He..scrimply fed on Crumbs and Water. 1864J. Brown Jeems 5 Nature..had finished off the rest of Jeems somewhat scrimply, as if she had run out of means.
2. Barely, scarcely.
1786Burns Vision i. xi, Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, Till half a leg was scrimply seen. 1873Contemp. Rev. XXI. 432 It is a cheap and easy course, but scrimply honest. |