niggardly
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adjective \-lē\Definition of NIGGARDLY
1
: grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
2
: provided in meanly limited supply
— nig·gard·li·ness noun
— niggardly adverb
See Examples of NIGGARDLY
- <she's a niggardly woman, so don't expect a handout from her>
- <niggardly portions of meat for dinner>
First Known Use of NIGGARDLY
1571
Related to NIGGARDLY
- Synonyms
- cheap, chintzy, close, closefisted, mean, mingy, miserly, niggard, stingy, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, pinching, pinchpenny, spare, sparing, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
- Antonyms
- bounteous, bountiful, charitable, freehanded, generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting
See Synonym Discussion at stingy
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