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Miserly vs Costive - What's the difference?

miserly | costive |

As adjectives the difference between miserly and costive

is that miserly is like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money while costive is constipated.

miserly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money
  • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    costive

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • constipated
  • miserly, parsimonious
  • Quotations

    ; constipated (figurative) * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 346: *: Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.