penuriously


pe·nu·ri·ous

P0175500 (pə-no͝or′ē-əs, -nyo͝or′-)adj.1. Poverty-stricken; destitute.2. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.3. Scanty or meager: "an allowance of cold meat and bread, in the same penurious proportion observed in our ordinary meals" (Charlotte Brontë).
[From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus, from Latin pēnūria, want.]
pe·nu′ri·ous·ly adv.pe·nu′ri·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.penuriously - in a penurious manner; "they lived penuriously"
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