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stingiest

stingiest is the superlative form of stingy.

Meaning of stingy

Adjective (1)

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
    • "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XVIII, in Anne of Avonlea
  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.
    • The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.1985 April 13, Charles Henry Fuller, “Learning to Draw my Name”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Adjective (2)

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

  1. (informal) Stinging; able or inclined to sting.
    • Bumble bee – Bumble bee / I send to you this sonnet, / But please don't be – Bumble bee / The stingy bee in my bonnet.2015, Kelvin Smith, Four Little Soldiers, page 33

Questions about stingiest

What is stingiest the superlative form of?
Stingiest is the superlative form of stingy.

Words near stingiest in the dictionary

  1. stingest
  2. stingeth
  3. stingfish
  4. stingfishes
  5. stingier
  6. stingiest
  7. stingily
  8. stinginess
  9. stinginesses
  10. stinging
  11. stinging catfish

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