stingily

adverb

Definition of stingilynext
as in meagerly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stingily
  1. meagerly
  2. insufficiently
  3. sparely
  4. scantily
  5. shabbily
  6. miserably
  7. meanly
  8. grossly
Adverb
  • Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
    — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of meagerly
Adverb
  • The university determined that Verster was insufficiently transparent because he had been paid through his own company for studies that cited his university affiliation.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026
  • Raman has critiqued Inside Safe as too costly and insufficiently transparent.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of insufficiently
Adverb
  • Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of sparely
Adverb
  • More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Definition of scantily
Adverb
  • Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Definition of shabbily
Adverb
  • That day helped solidify my decision to keep pushing forward after failing so miserably.
    — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
  • The second involves a woman who had inherited her father's company and was running it competently, dutifully — and miserably.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of miserably
Adverb
  • Fortunately, there is the compelling, if meanly portrayed, character of Michael Berman, John’s partner in the George enterprise.
    — Lisa DePaulo, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Kardashian was in court to share new details from a horrific assault in the name of seeking justice; to comment meanly on her outfit would have been a weird move.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
Definition of meanly
Adverb
  • But as data confirms year after year, Latinos remain grossly underrepresented across the entertainment industry.
    — Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
  • Budget officials also revealed Thursday that extra payments to help shore up the city’s grossly underfunded public pensions are being threatened by late property tax billing.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of grossly
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