penuriously
(ad.)貧窮地;缺乏地
Pe·nu·ri·ous a.
1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. “A penurious niggard of his wealth.”
2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C. Pitt.
3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] “My penurious band.”
Syn: -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious.
--Pe*nu*ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu*ri*ous*ness, n.
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penuriously
adv : in a penurious manner; "they lived penuriously"