meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare”
stingy, ungenerous
(adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.); “she practices economy without being stingy”; “an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stingier
comparative form of stingy
• igniters, resiting, strigine
Source: Wiktionary
Sting"y, a.
Definition: Stinging; able to sting.
Stin"gy, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] Etym: [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Definition: Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2024
(noun) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
