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adv. - In an ungenerous, sparing, or scant manner.

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  • By the way, I have one relative like dat dat was just saving his millions 'stingily' until he got badly duped.
  • Why does the United States reward its writers so stingily, if at all?
  • Its thatch is hollow; the peat-smoke curls stingily from its stunted chimney.
  • England, that it could not be taken from Us, or granted Us stingily, without tearing and rending.
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