N. degree,
grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio,
stint, standard, height, pitch, reach,
amplitude, range, scope,
caliber,
gradation, shade,
tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength
Adj. comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds
Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however,
howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado, 2, comparative quantity
Limit Roget’s Thesaurus §233 N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine,
enclave, term, # bourn,
verge,
curbstone, but, pale,
reservation, termination,
terminus,
stint, frontier,
precinct, marches,
backwoods, boundary line,
landmark, line of demarcation, line of circumvallation, pillars of hercules,
rubicon, turning point, ne plus ultra,
sluice,
floodgate Adj. definite, conterminate|,
conterminable, terminal, frontier, bordering
Adv. thus far, thus far and no further
Phr. stick to the reservation, go beyond the pale, special
N. insufficiency,
inadequacy, inadequateness,
incompetence,
deficiency, imperfection,
shortcoming,
paucity,
stint,
scantiness, none to spare, bare subsistence,
scarcity,
dearth, want, need, lack, poverty,
exigency,
inanition,
starvation, famine,
drought,
dole,
mite,
pittance, short allowance, short commons, half rations, banyan day,
emptiness, poorness,
depletion,
vacancy,
flaccidity,
ebb tide, low water, "a beggarly account of empty boxes",
indigence,
insolvency V. be insufficient, not suffice, come short of run dry, want, lack, need, require,
caret, be in want, live from hand to mouth, render insufficient, drain of resources,
impoverish,
stint, put on short allowance, do insufficiently, scotch the snake
Adj. insufficient, inadequate, too little, not enough, unequal to, incompetent, "weighed in the balance and found wanting",
perfunctory, deficient, wanting,
&c. v, imperfect, ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill- stored, ill-off,
slack, at a low ebb, empty,
vacant, bare, short of, out of, destitute of, devoid of, bereft of, denuded of, dry, drained, unprovided, unsupplied, unfurnished,
unreplenished, unfed, unstored,
untreasured, empty-handed,
meager, poor, thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted,
starved,
starving, halfstarved, famine-stricken,
famished,
jejune,
scant,
scarce, not to be had, not to be had for love or money, not to be had at any price,
scurvy,
stingy, at the end of one's tether, without resources, in want, in debt
Adv. insufficiently, in default of, for want of, failing
Phr. semper avarus eget
N. parsimony, parcity|,
parsimoniousness,
stinginess,
stint,
illiberality,
tenacity,
avarice,
greed,
miser,
niggard,
churl, screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm,
scrimp,
lickpenny,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
jew,
usurer,
hessian, pinch fist, pinch penny
V. be parsimonious,
grudge,
begrudge,
stint,
pinch,
gripe, screw, dole out, hold back,
withhold,
starve,
famish, live upon nothing, skin a flint, drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain,
cheapen, beat down, stop one hole in a sieve, have an itching palm,
grasp,
grab Adj. parsimonious,
penurious,
stingy,
miserly, mean,
shabby,
peddling,
scrubby, penny wise, near,
niggardly, close, fast handed, close handed, strait handed, close fisted, hard fisted, tight fisted,
tight,
sparing,
chary,
grudging,
griping,
illiberal, ungenerous,
churlish,
hidebound,
sordid,
mercenary,
venal,
covetous,
usurious,
avaricious,
greedy,
extortionate,
rapacious Adv. with a sparing hand
Phr. desunt inopioe multa avaritiae omnia, "hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill", "the unsunn'd heaps of miser's treasures", words relating to the sentiment and moral powers
