Skinny vs Stingy - What's the difference?
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(informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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A skinny being
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Stinging; able to sting.
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
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As adjectives the difference between skinny and stingy
is that skinny is (informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful while stingy is stinging; able to sting or stingy can be extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.As a noun skinny
is (colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.skinny
English
Adjective
(er)- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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(skinnies)- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.