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Miser compared to an average Joe
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stingier
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a. (en-comparative of: stingy )
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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; ...
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.