adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't be so stingy ! It's your turn to buy me a drink.
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I don't know why they were so stingy with the drinks -- they have plenty of money.
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I was given a stingy portion of vegetables with rice.
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It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity.
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Residents here have a history of being stingy with their tax dollars.
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They are rich, but they are terribly stingy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another accuses his dad of being a bit stingy .
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He became stingy with words, and sombre.
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Perhaps it should be noted that many persons will think that three ounces of cooked lean meat make a stingy portion.
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They confuse popularity with wealth, and you are labelled as stingy .
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They were too stingy to eat and too cheap to shit.