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Niggardly
ˈnɪɡədli
Niggardly definitions
adjective
niggardly
- ungenerous with money, time, etc.; mean
"he accused the Government of being unbelievably niggardly"
miserly parsimonious close-fisted penny-pinching cheese-paring penurious grasping greedy avaricious Scrooge-like ungenerous illiberal close- meagre and given grudgingly
"niggardly allowances from the Treasury"
adverb
niggardly
- in a mean or meagre manner