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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

skimpily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English skimpy Middle English -ly English -ly English skimpily From skimpy + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a skimpy manner.
    • No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […] 2013, Julian Sher, Somebody's Daughter:

Forms

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most skimpily Degree=Sup lexicographic
more skimpily Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

skimpingly