释义 |
stingily, adv.|ˈstɪndʒɪlɪ| [f. stingy a. + -ly2.] In a stingy manner.
1682Dryden's Satyr to Muse 194 As loud he roard 'gainst the Prerogative, As sharply blam'd as Stingily wou'd give. 1701Howe Some Consid. Pref. Enquiry 28 Such as are..not so stingily bigotted to a Party as he. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. i. i, Nor are Patriotic Gifts wanting..nor stingily given. 1865Holland Plain Talk vii. 255 One is a man of wealth, who hoards his money, or spends it stingily or selfishly. |