STINGY


Meaning of STINGY in English

adjective (stingier; -est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending , meanly scanty or small , stingily adverb stinginess noun Synonyms: see: ~

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