Closehandedness

Closehandedness
Closehanded Close"hand`ed, a. Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- {Close"hand`ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • niggardliness — n 1. parsimony, miserliness, penu riousness, meanness, churlishness, nearness; stinginess, tightness, tight fistedness, closefistedness, closeness, closehandedness, cheapness, Sl. chintziness. 2. scrimpiness, shabbiness, grudgingness, begrudg… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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