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21tight-fisted — adj mean, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penny pinching, sparing, grasping FORMAL parsimonious COLLOQ. mingy, tight ≠ generous, charitable * * * ▶ adjective (informal) MEAN, miserly, parsimonious, niggardly, close fisted, penny pinching, cheese par …
22hard-fisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. selfish, miserly, niggardly, tight fisted; see stingy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly,… …
23Hard-fisted — Hard fist ed ( f[i^]st [e^]d), a. 1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard fisted laborer. [1913 Webster] 2. Close fisted; covetous; niggardly. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] …
24iron-fisted — /ˈaɪən fɪstəd/ (say uyuhn fistuhd) adjective 1. ruthless. 2. close fisted; niggardly …
25closable — Ⅰ. close [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) only a short distance away or apart in space or time. 2) (of a connection or resemblance) strong. 3) denoting someone who is part of a person s immediate family. 4) (of a relationship or the people conducting it) very… …
26closely — Ⅰ. close [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) only a short distance away or apart in space or time. 2) (of a connection or resemblance) strong. 3) denoting someone who is part of a person s immediate family. 4) (of a relationship or the people conducting it) very… …
27closeness — Ⅰ. close [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) only a short distance away or apart in space or time. 2) (of a connection or resemblance) strong. 3) denoting someone who is part of a person s immediate family. 4) (of a relationship or the people conducting it) very… …
28closer — Ⅰ. close [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) only a short distance away or apart in space or time. 2) (of a connection or resemblance) strong. 3) denoting someone who is part of a person s immediate family. 4) (of a relationship or the people conducting it) very… …
29near — adv 1. close, close by, nearby, nigh; within earshot or hearing, within view or sight, within close range; around, hereabout, about, not far off or away. 2. approximately, roughly, generally, about, circa, ca., more or less, or so, all but;… …
30Parsimony — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Parsimony >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 parsimony parsimony parcity| Sgm: N 1 parsimoniousness parsimoniousness stinginess &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 stint stint Sgm: N 1 illiberality illiberality avarice …
