stintedly

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Etymology

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From stinted +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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stintedly (comparative more stintedly, superlative most stintedly)

  1. In an constrained manner; with restraint or sacrifice.
    • 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter XVIII, pages 219-220:
      He was content to lie hard, and live stintedly—he had spent the greater part of his remaining money in buying another poniard: his hunger and his thirst were after nothing exquisite but an exquisite vengeance.

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