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  • 41Parsimonious — Par si*mo ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ly}, adv. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] A prodigal… …

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  • 42Parsimoniously — Parsimonious Par si*mo ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ly}, adv. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913… …

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  • 43Parsimoniousness — Parsimonious Par si*mo ni*ous, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See {Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ly}, adv. {Par si*mo ni*ous*ness}, n. [1913… …

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  • 44List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …

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  • 45Kūmahana — Kumahana the 22nd Alii Aimoku of Oahu (1770 1773). He ruled as titular King or chief of Oahu. Early LifeHe was born the son of Peleioholani, 22nd Alii Aimoku of Oahu and 21st Alii Aimoku of Kauai, by his first wife Halakii, of Kauaian aristocracy …

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  • 46illiberal — I adjective avaricious, avarus, biased, bigoted, churlish, close, close fisted, conservative, covetous, dogmatic, fanatical, grasping, greedy, grudging, hidebound, inhospitable, inliberalis, intolerant, mean, mercenary, miserly, narrow, narrow… …

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  • 47mean — I (average) adjective central, grouping, intermediary, medial, median, medium, mesial, middle, midmost, statistical average II (base) adjective abject, brutal, contemptible, degrading, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, heinous, ignoble,… …

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  • 48parsimonious — I adjective acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, close, closefisted, curmudgeonly, economical, excessively frugal, frugal, grasping, grudging, illiberal, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, parcus, penny pinching, penurious, petty, restrictus …

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  • 49close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …

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  • 50niggardly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheap, stingy, miserly, close, parsimonious, ungenerous; grudging; tight; mean. See parsimony, unimportance. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. miserly, parsimonious, stingy; see greedy 1 …

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