stingilyadv.
/ˈstɪndʒɪli/ In a stingy manner.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]
narrowlya1250
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
straitly1340
strait1390
niggardly?1529
nighly1548
pinchingly1561
close-fisted1575
hard1580
niggishly1580
nearly1591
mincingly1593
costively1598
penuriously1616
neara1625
scantingly1627
parsimoniouslya1634
scrapingly1680
stingily1682
scrimply1690
sneakingly1695
churlishly1875
curmudgeonly1879
skinflintily1899
mingily1958
1682 Satyr to Muse 194 As loud he roard 'gainst the Prerogative, As sharply blam'd as Stingily wou'd give.
1701 J. Howe Some Consideration Pref. Enq. 28 Such as are..not so stingily bigotted to a Party as he.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 16 Nor are Patriotic Gifts wanting,..nor stingily given.
1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks vii. 255 One is a man of wealth, who hoards his money, or spends it stingily or selfishly.
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