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Niggardly

Niggardly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Niggardly? [adj] petty in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Niggardly: grudging \| scrimy \| stingy \| ungenerous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Niggardly: abstemious \| ascetic \| austere \| bountiful \| cheeseparing \| chinchy \| chintzy \| close \| closefisted \| closefistedly \| dwarfed \| dwarfish \| exiguous \| frugal \| grudging \| illiberal \| illiberally \| impoverished \| infrequent \| jejune \| lean \| Lenten \| limited \| little \| meager \| mean \| meanly \| mingy \| miserly \| narrow \| niggard \| paltry \| parsimonious \| penny-pinching \| penurious \| petty \| piddling \| pinchpenny \| poor \| puny \| rare \| scant \| scanty \| scarce \| scattered \| scrawny \| scrimp \| scrimping \| scrimpy \| seldom met with \| seldom seen \| shabbily \| shabby \| skimp \| skimping \| skimpy \| slender \| slight \| slim \| small \| sordid \| sordidly \| spare \| sparing \| sparse \| Spartan \| spotty \| sprinkled \| starvation \| stingily \| stingy \| stinted \| straitened \| stunted \| subsistence \| thin \| tight \| tightfisted \| tightfistedly \| unchivalrous \| ungenerous \| ungenerously \| unnourishing \| unnutritious \| watered \| watery See Also \| Niggardly In Webster's Dictionary \Nig"gardly\, a. Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. --Bp. Hall. Syn: Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurios; sordid; stingy. See {Avaricious}. \Nig"gardly\, adv. In a niggard manner.

Niggardly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Niggardly?

[adj] petty in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Niggardly: grudging | scrimy | stingy | ungenerous

See Also |

Niggardly In Webster's Dictionary

\Nig"gard*ly\, a.
Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy;
niggard.

      Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is
      not for the steward to be niggardly.     --Bp. Hall.

Syn: Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly;
     penurios; sordid; stingy. See {Avaricious}.


\Nig"gard*ly\, adv.
In a niggard manner.

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