5
magnanimous(adjective, merciful, pardoning)
5
mild(adjective, kind, soft, sympathetic, tolerant)
5
mingy(adjective, careful, prudent, economical, thrifty)
5
paltry(adjective, small, smallness)
5
scrawny(adjective, mean, thin, small, insubstantial)
5
short(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
5
skimping(verb, adjective, close, mean, spare)
5
sober(adjective, temperance)
5
tightfisted(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
4
cheeseparing(adjective, economical)
4
generous(adjective, kind, compassionate, lenient, kindhearted)
4
light(soft, tight, compassionate, smallness, merciful)
4
meagre(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
4
narrow(adjective, close, mean, light, poor)
4
near(adjective, close, mean, narrow, greedy)
4
puny(adjective, small)
4
restrained(moderate, cautious, suspicious, wary, self-denying)
4
scarce(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
4
taciturn(adjective, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, taciturnity)
4
temperate(soft, compassionate, merciful, temperance, self-denying)
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