stingily


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stin·gy

 (stĭn′jē)
adj. stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est
1. Giving or spending reluctantly.
2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.

[Perhaps alteration of dialectal stingy, stinging, from sting.]

stin′gi·ly adv.
stin′gi·ness n.
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Adv.1.stingily - in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily"
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skoupě
fedtet
fukarul
nískulega

stingily

[ˈstɪndʒɪlɪ] ADVcon tacañería
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stingily

adv (inf)knauserig (inf), → knickerig (inf); he stingily donated a mere 20pknauserig or knickerig, wie er ist, hat er nur 20 Pence gespendet (inf)
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stingily

[ˈstɪndʒɪlɪ] adv (pej) (spend) → con parsimonia; (behave) → da avaro
they rewarded him rather stingily → gli hanno dato una ben magra ricompensa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stingy

(ˈstindʒi) adjective
mean or ungenerous. My father's very stingy with his money; stingy portions of food.
ˈstingily adverb
ˈstinginess noun
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IP estates are frequently criticized for stingily refusing permission for uses of the deceased artist's work that would seem to enrich the public domain and harm no one.
Following the spirit of artist empowerment and efforts to set a positive example in the music industry, Sa'Rayah cofounded the Chicago-based media company, RegalRock Entertainment, LLC, with respected music industry veterans Byron Stingily, Everett Cowings and Vandy Harris.
Thus, on the one hand, while modern due process doctrine stingily "empowers judges to selectively identify 'fundamental rights' ...
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These Arabs -- often the economic elite -- read, admire and consume products of a culture that, despite its proclaimed commitment to "universal values," continues to be stingily Eurocentric and dominated by Christian intellectual tradition.
Not the kind that trickles down stingily but one that floods the streets, drenching everything.