Miserly and Saving

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Miserly

Miserly adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.
Usage example: my brother, who is notoriously miserly, surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab
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Saving and miserly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saving" instead an adjective "Miserly".
Nearby Words: miserable, miserliness, miser

Saving

Saving adjective - Characterized by thriftiness.
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Miserly and saving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Miserly" instead an adjective "Saving".
Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

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  • Creator / Eric Idle Idle, Innes, Woolf and Batley ended the first series on a bitter spoof song about the mean and miserly attitude of the BBC, where the male characters sat naked on a row of stools in a bare studio, with only minimal modesty-saving towels (Gwen Taylor was absent for this one).
    Source: Creator / Eric Idle
  • Recap / Doctor Who 2010 CS "A Christmas Carol" Railing against the Doctor's manipulation of his life, where he replaced loneliness with heartbreak, Kazran values the one day of Abigail's life he has been miserly saving.
    Source: Recap / Doctor Who 2010 CS "A Christmas Carol"
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