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Synonyms
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Meaning:
chary

cautious

careful, cautious

economical

careful in using money, time, supplies etc

conservative with resources; careful

greedy

filled with greed

desiring excessively

inadequate

not adequate; not enough; (of a person) not able, skilled or strong enough

defective, insufficient, incompetent

mean

not generous; selfish; (of a person behaviour) cruel, unkind; occupying the middle position between two extremes; (of words, sentences etc) to have (something) as an explanation

ungenerous

measly

of little value; of poor quality; of small size or amount

skimpy

mercenary

working only for money or power; a soldier paid to serve in a foreign army

greedy for money

mingy

small; ungenerous

ungenerous

parsimonious

ungenerous; too careful with money

penny-pinching

scotch

of Scotland; (a portion of) Scotch whisky

economical

selfish

thinking mainly of oneself and one's own wishes

thinking only of oneself

skimpy

being (almost) too small

sparse, inadequate

sordid

(of conditions) poor, dirty, uncomfortable; (of a person's behaviour) extremely unpleasant and dishonourable

dirty, bad, low

stingy

(of a person) spending, using or giving something unwillingly

penny-pinching, averse to spending money

ungenerous

not generous

not generous

MISERLY as in Wiktionary
MISERLY as in Wikipedia