| 单词 |
penuriously |
| 释义 |
peˈnuriously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a penurious manner; † indigently, starvingly, poorly (obs.); grudgingly; scantily; meanly.
1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. ii. ii, Unlesse 'twere Lent, Ember-weeks, or fasting dayes, when the place is most penuriously emptie of all other good outsides. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 15 Nor is it enough to clear thee, that thou didst not injuriously get what thou hast penuriously kept. 1782F. Burney Cecilia v. ii, Her mother was determined..to live as penuriously as ever. 1786W. Gilpin Lakes Cumbld. (1808) II. xxix. 228 A river, considerable in its dimensions; tho penuriously supplied with water. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xviii. 447 Elizabeth..shrank penuriously from the expenses of war. |

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