3
insufficient(adjective, close, light, poor, inadequate)
3
kindly(adjective, feeling, kind, soft, warm)
3
measured
3
minimal(adjective, close, light, poor, small)
3
minor(adjective, small)
3
minute(adjective, small, smallness)
3
rapacious(adjective, close, mean, near, narrow)
3
save
3
slimming
3
squabbling(verb, conflicting)
3
stinted(verb, insufficiency)
3
wary(adjective, sensible, careful, wise, practical)
2
abstinent
2
allowing(verb, adjective, kind, soft, easy)
2
bare(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
2
beggarly(adjective, small)
2
benevolent(adjective, feeling, kind, warm, sympathetic)
2
benignant(adjective, kind, soft, easy, tender)
2
brawling(verb, conflicting)
2
chintzy(adjective, close, mean, cheap, prudent)
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