miserly

mi·ser·ly

adjective \ˈmī-zər-lē\

Definition of MISERLY

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially : marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness

— mi·ser·li·ness noun

Examples of MISERLY

1. He was given a miserly raise.
2. <my brother, who is notoriously miserly, surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab>

First Known Use of MISERLY

1593

Related to MISERLY

Synonyms

cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, stingy, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

Antonyms

bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

Related Words

careful, chary, conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, saving, scrimping, skimping, thrifty; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, greedy, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious, selfish, shabby, small, sordid; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful; inhospitable

Near Antonyms

altruistic, selfless, unselfish; extravagant, free, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse; beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical); compassionate, good-hearted, greathearted, kindly, magnanimous, openhearted; thriftless, unthrifty; dissipating, frittering, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, splurging, squandering, wasteful, wasting

See Synonym Discussion at stingy