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  • 1excessively frugal — index parsimonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2parsimonious — I adjective acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, close, closefisted, curmudgeonly, economical, excessively frugal, frugal, grasping, grudging, illiberal, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, parcus, penny pinching, penurious, petty, restrictus …

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  • 3oversparing — adj. overly sparing; excessively frugal, excessively thrifty; excessively miserly …

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  • 4scant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short Date: 14th century 1. dialect a. excessively frugal b. not prodigal ; chary 2. a. barely or scarcely sufficient; …

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  • 5parsimonious — a. Stingy, close, avaricious, niggardly, miserly, mean, penurious, grasping, covetous, close fisted, sordid, very saving, excessively frugal, near, illiberal, hard fisted, sparing …

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  • 7sparing — adj Sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical can all mean exercising or manifesting careful and unwasteful use of one s money, goods, and resources. Sparing connotes abstention or restraint {sparing in the expenditure of money} {sparing in giving… …

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  • 8economical — /ek euh nom i keuhl, ee keuh /, adj. 1. avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space. 2. economic. [1570 80; ECONOMIC + AL1] Syn. 1. saving, provident, sparing, parsimonious. ECONOMICAL, THRIFTY …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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