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skimpily

[skim-pee]

adjective, skimp·i·er, skimp·i·est.

lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.

too thrifty; stingy: a skimpy housekeeper.

Origin:
1835–45; skimp + -y¹

Related forms

skimp·i·ly, adverb

skimp·i·ness, noun

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skimpy (ˈskɪmpɪ)

—*adj* , skimpier, skimpiest
1.	(of clothes, etc) made of too little material; scanty
2.	excessively thrifty; mean; stingy

'skimpily

—*adv*

'skimpiness

—n

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