stingily

1. 1.

   in a stingy manner

   “their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily”

   Synonymscheaplychintzily

Questions about stingily

What does stingily mean?

stingily means "in a stingy manner".

How many syllables are in stingily?

stingily has 3 syllables: stin-gi-ly. The stress falls on "stin".

What is another word for stingily?

Close synonyms include cheaply, chintzily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stingily a common word?

stingily 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.