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stingier
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: stingy )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier ; superl. Stingiest .] [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn: ungenerous ] [ant: generous ] selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: ungenerous ] [also: stingiest , stingier ]
Usage examples of stingier.
This was explained to Eve with some snippiness by the personnel manager, who reigned in an office even smaller and stingier than Eve's at Central.
Tell me, is Father stingier than usual with the money he doles out to you to run the house?
He had been smiling at the sight of Byron meeting someone even stingier with words than the up-timer, but now realized he was supposed to ask something.