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stingy
 
SYLLABICATION:stin·gy
PRONUNCIATION:  stnj
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: stin·gi·er, stin·gi·est
1. Giving or spending reluctantly. 2. Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps alteration of dialectal stingy, stinging, from sting.
OTHER FORMS:stingi·ly —ADVERB
stingi·ness —NOUN
 
 
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