penurious

  • 21penurious — UK [pəˈnjʊərɪəs] / US [pəˈnʊrɪəs] adjective formal extremely poor …

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  • 22penurious — pe•nu•ri•ous [[t]pəˈnʊər i əs, ˈnyʊər [/t]] adj. 1) extremely stingy 2) extremely poor; indigent pe•nu′ri•ous•ness, n …

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  • 23penurious — /pəˈnjuriəs/ (say puh nyoohreeuhs) adjective 1. meanly parsimonious; stingy. 2. extremely poor; destitute. –penuriously, adverb –penuriousness, noun …

  • 24penurious —   a. poor; mean.    ♦ penury, n. poverty …

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  • 25penurious —   Kulio o, kulipa a …

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  • 26penurious — adj. 1 poor; destitute. 2 stingy; grudging. 3 scanty. Derivatives: penuriously adv. penuriousness n. Etymology: med.L penuriosus (as PENURY) …

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  • 27Penuriously — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… …

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  • 28Penuriousness — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… …

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  • 29penuriously — penurious ► ADJECTIVE formal 1) extremely poor. 2) parsimonious. DERIVATIVES penuriously adverb …

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  • 30stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid …

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