- penurious⇄adv. penuriously.
- penurious⇄noun penuriousness.
- penurious⇄penurious, adjective.
1. mean about spending or giving money; stingy.
Ex. a penurious, accumulating curmudgeon (Washington Irving). He lived in the most penurious manner and denied himself every luxury (William Godwin).
(SYN) niggardly.