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Definition of Tightfistedness
1. Noun. Extreme stinginess.
Generic synonyms: Stinginess
Specialized synonyms: Littleness, Pettiness, Smallness, Miserliness
Derivative terms: Close, Mean, Mean, Mingy, Niggardly, Parsimonious, Parsimonious, Tightfisted, Tight
Definition of Tightfistedness
1. Noun. Meanness. Lack of generosity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tightfistedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightfistedness
Literary usage of Tightfistedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Season of Hope: Economic Reform Under Mandela And Mbeki by Alan Hirsch (2005)
"One reason for the significant improvement of public finances at the end of the
1990s was the tightfistedness of the Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel. ..."
2. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"But five days later, as I sat on a beach by the virtual Pacific complaining about
the ARB's tightfistedness to exu and another of her celebrity pals (the ..."
3. Royal Funding of the Parisian Academie Royale Des Sciences During The 1690s by Alice Stroup (2007)
"The change in policy from peacetime generosity to wartime tightfistedness was
effective, as is plain from an analysis of the totals budgeted for pensions by ..."
4. The Cold War in Asia by Cold War International History Project (1996)
"... combined with Moscow's tightfistedness toward its ally, made the communist
government in Beijing much less willing to tolerate subsequent Soviet demands ..."
5. History of the Thrift Movement in America by Simon William Straus (1920)
"... me the values that come from the practices of thrift, it is not recalled that
at any time was there any suggestion of tightfistedness in their precepts. ..."
6. History of the Thrift Movement in America by Simon William Straus (1920)
"... any suggestion of tightfistedness in their precepts. Their rules of life were
simple. Waste with them was intolerable, and the day that passed without ..."
7. The Art of Rendering: A Condensed and Comprehensive Treatise on the Culture by Frank Honywell Fenno (1912)
"Train the palm to come well open, let it touch the imaginary water too- Cultivate "
openhandedness " rather than " tightfistedness. ..."
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