Stin·gy a. [Compar. Stingier superl. Stingiest.] 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.
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stingy
adj 1: not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy";
"an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn:
ungenerous] [ant: generous]
2: selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: ungenerous]
[also: stingiest, stingier]