4
tender(adjective, feeling, kind, soft, easy)
4
ungenerous(adjective, close, mean, small, cheap)
3
Scotch
3
altercating(verb, conflicting)
3
bickering(noun, verb, conflicting)
3
charitable(adjective, feeling, kind, soft, warm)
3
clement(adjective, kind, soft, sympathetic, tolerant)
3
close-fisted(adjective, close, mean, cheap, narrow)
3
covetous(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
3
deficient(adjective, close, light, poor, small)
3
diminutive(adjective, small, smallness)
3
disagreeing(verb, conflicting)
3
dwarfish(adjective, small)
3
forehanded
3
gaunt(adjective, mean, thin, insubstantial, sparse)
3
grudging(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
3
hand-to-mouth(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
illiberal(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
3
impoverished(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
indulgent(adjective, feeling, kind, soft, warm)
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