penuriously

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   in a penurious manner

   “they lived penuriously”

Questions about penuriously

What does penuriously mean?

penuriously means "in a penurious manner".

How many syllables are in penuriously?

penuriously has 5 syllables: pe-nu-ri-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ri".

Is penuriously a common word?

penuriously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.