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Penuriously

Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From Penury.]

  1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.''
    --Milton.

  2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

    Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream.
    --C. Pitt.

  3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My penurious band.''
    --Shak.

    Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious. [1913 Webster]
    -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.

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penuriously

adv. In a penurious manner.

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penuriously

adv. in a penurious manner; "they lived penuriously"

Usage examples of "penuriously".

I know he lives penuriously, and even the letter that I am to write for him shows his poverty.