Hypertext Webster Gateway: "penuriously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From {Penury}.]
1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy;
miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.'' --Milton.

2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C.
Pitt.

3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My
penurious band.'' --Shak.

Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly;
stingy. See {Avaricious}. --{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

penuriously
adv : in a penurious manner; "they lived penuriously"


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