scantily

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Guests of this Coffin Creek attraction were carted along from one breached containment scenario to the next, with roving monsters periodically surprising them in the darkness between the scantily lighted vignettes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

There were discussions last summer during the anti-racism protests about how police officers were very scantily masking.

From Slate • May 6, 2021

“People of color were often scantily clothed, people of color were usually not seen in cities, people of color were not often surrounded by technologies of automobiles, airplanes or trains or factories,” he said.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2018

Moore’s younger sister, Kathleen, said she was appalled to learn that the hospital sent her home alone, unable to walk, still ailing and scantily clad.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2017

Many of the women standing on line had infants strapped to their backs; others clutched fearful, scantily dressed, barefooted six- and seven-year-old boys and girls.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane