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stingily

adverb as in selfishly

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Example Sentences

With her he still lived stingily, kept her half-starved, and put the money into the bank in his own name.

I cannot believe that this beautiful poet soul was so stingily endowed by Nature, and had but one spring-time.

Its thatch is hollow; the peat-smoke curls stingily from its stunted chimney.

Then, what charges they make for the abominable lunches they serve out so stingily!

The priest had opened the door rather stingily and appeared half-heartedly to dismiss him.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stingily, such as: cannily, greedily, illiberally, meanly, miserly, and parsimoniously.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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