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Penuriously
(gcide) | Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From Penury.]
1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy;
miserly. "A penurious niggard of his wealth." --Milton.
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2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
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Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C.
Pitt.
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3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] "My
penurious band." --Shak.
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Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly;
stingy. See Avaricious.
[1913 Webster] --Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.
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penuriously
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adv 1: in a penurious manner; "they lived penuriously" |
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