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niggardly
UK /ˈnɪɡədli/ US /ˈnɪɡɚdli/
adj 2adv 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
live
VERB + NIGGARDLY
compelled
NIGGARDLY + NOUN
others, tramps
Definitions
adj
1
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
[W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
2
Conceding few runs (of a bowler).
adv
1
In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […].
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — petty or reluctant in giving or spending
- grudging
- scrimy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
[W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.
Wiktionary02
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
Wiktionary03
This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others.
Wiktionary04
because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […].
Wiktionary05
Of a rich man who was niggardly he said, "That man does not own his estate, but his estate owns him."
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