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penurious
01
extremely poor or unwilling to spend money
Formal
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most penurious
Comparative
more penurious
gradable
Examples
The penurious family struggled to afford even the basic necessities of life.
02
extremely stingy
Disapproving
Formal
Examples
He was so penurious that he reused old envelopes.
Lexical Tree
penuriously
penuriousness
penurious
penury
