stingy

«stingy» in Mova's school dictionary: Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (stingy, stingier, stingiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Not willing to spend or share money, food or things; mean with money. tree →

2) (informal) Small in amount: a stingy portion. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories, a stingy character does not want to give or share, like Scrooge. In maths with real speech, a stingy person gives the smallest share. Phrases: stingy with money, stingy portions.

examples

• Don't be stingy — share your sweets! tree →
• The stingy shopkeeper gave nobody a discount. tree →
• The café gave us a stingy little slice of cake. tree →
• Uncle Bob is so stingy he reuses tea bags. tree →
• She's stingy with praise but very fair. tree →
• Scrooge was the stingiest man in town. tree →
• Once upon a time there lived a man called Simon, who was very rich, but at the same time as stingy and miserly as he could be. tree →

note

Pronounced STIN-jee (soft g), not like sting. In UK English «mean» also means stingy; in the US mean usually means unkind. Synonyms: tight (informal), miserly; opposite: generous.

In the corpora

• "xiǎoqìguǐ" means meanie, someone stingy who won't share; it is unfair if their family has little money.
• "Careful with money" is a kind way to say stingy (hating to spend or share money).
• «That's well tight» («well tight» means really stingy).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stingy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.