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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 a constrained manner; with restraint or sacrifice.
    • 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Black Marks Become Magical”, in Romola. [], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., [], published 1863, →OCLC, book II, 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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