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penuriously
adverb
formaluk /pəˈnjʊə.ri.əs.li/ us /pəˈnjʊr.i.ri.əs.li/
with very little money, or in a way that shows that you are unwilling to spend money:
Some retired people don't take enough money from their savings and live penuriously.
All of the advertising materials were penuriously prepared in her own house.
He lived penuriously, died poor, and left no trace in the artistic history of his country.
They both existed penuriously upon her small savings.
He was a miserly man who wore charity shop clothing and lived penuriously in a dilapidated house.
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on a shoestringidiom
pocket
put/lay something on/to one sideidiom
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