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niggardlinesses

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nig⋅gard⋅ly

  [nig-erd-lee]
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–adjective
1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter.
–adverb
3. in the manner of a niggard.
Origin:
1520–30; niggard + -ly

Related forms:
nig⋅gard⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close. 2. poor.

Antonyms:
1. generous.
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