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Look up: stingy

  1. stingy
    spending using unwillingly 
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  2. stingy
    [adj] - selfishly unwilling to share with others 2. [adj] - not generous
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Stingy
    Sting'y adjective Stinging; able to sting.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/199

  4. Stingy
    Stin'gy adjective [ Compar. Stingier ; superl. Stingiest .] [ Probably from sting , and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or confer English skinch .] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. « A < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/199

  5. stingy
    Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. 'A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten.' (L'estrange) ... Origin: Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. stingy
    adjective unwilling to spend; `she practices economy without being stingy`; `an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Stingy
    `Stingy` has several meanings: *A miser *The name of a fictional puppet character on LazyTown.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy

  8. Stingy
    • (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. • (a.) Stinging; able to sting.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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