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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#m1)

2) (informal) Small in amount: a stingy portion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x1)
- The stingy shopkeeper gave nobody a discount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x2)
- The café gave us a stingy little slice of cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x3)
- Uncle Bob is so stingy he reuses tea bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x4)
- She's stingy with praise but very fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x5)
- Scrooge was the stingiest man in town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/8/)
- ["Careful with money" is a kind way to say stingy (hating to spend or share money).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/17/)
- [«That's well tight» («well tight» means really stingy).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/490-comfortable-families-enough-but-not-everything/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stingy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stingy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.