What does close-fisted mean?
Close-fisted means tight-fisted, stingy.
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/ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/ · adjective
tight-fisted, stingy.
She was rather close-fisted in money matters and offered him only fifty dollars, but she had to raise her price till it rose to three hundred.
Use close-fisted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Close-fisted means tight-fisted, stingy.
Common synonyms include hard-fisted.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was rather close-fisted in money matters and offered him only fifty dollars, but she had to raise her price till it rose to three hundred.
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