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stingy <-ier, -iest> [ˈstɪndʒi] ADJ inf

stingy

to be stingy with sth

ser mão-de-vaca com a. c.

Usage examples with stingy

to be stingy with sth

ser mão-de-vaca com a. c.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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When other people borrow things from you, if you have them don't be stingy. en.wikipedia.org

This produces a large volume of fast pain signals, originating near the surface of the skin and a decidedly stingy effect. en.wikipedia.org

She is a stingy employer who refuses to heat her house and shops, claiming that employees turn out better work when they're cold. en.wikipedia.org

In the first floor dwell an incompetent veterinarian with an equally impossible clientele, and an overcrowded guesthouse run by a stingy woman. en.wikipedia.org

After that, the offense got on track and the defense stayed incredibly stingy. en.wikipedia.org

If the second person did not like the split, he could reject it (for example, if it was stingy) and both people would get zero. en.wikipedia.org

According the contemporaries, he was a very stingy and violent man. en.wikipedia.org

He is very stingy with money and an irascible no-nonsense type. en.wikipedia.org

She is stingy, untrendy and wears thick glasses. en.wikipedia.org

Rejections in the ultimatum game have been shown to be caused by adverse physiologic reactions to stingy offers. en.wikipedia.org

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