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Webster 1828 Edition


Pennywise

PEN'NYWISE

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Adj.
Saving small sums at the hazard of larger; niggardly on improper occasions.

Definition 2024


pennywise

pennywise

See also: penny-wise

English

Adjective

pennywise (not comparable)

  1. Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters.
    • 2007 February 21, Milt Freudenheim, “Some Employers Are Offering Free Drugs”, in New York Times:
      Now some employers are reversing course, convinced that their pennywise approach does not always reduce long-term costs.