What are Coast like with their sizes?

[Moomin]

Buying a dress online - are they stingy normal or generous generally?

I would say normal.. the last things I got from them was about a year ago though.

Stingy, especially around the boob area in my experience. Although saying that, it could have been the style of dress I was buying as opposed to a general thing.

I always thought they where quite generous made for proper women

I find Coast to be pretty generous in sizing.

generous.

On the generous side

I would say generous.

For me they are too tight round the tummy and very big round the hips, but I am very straight up and down, so IMO their sizes seem more suited to pear shapes.

normal to generous imo

yes agree generous, like M&S