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niggardly

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nig⋅gard⋅ly

  [nig-erd-lee]
–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.
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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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nig·gard·ly   (nĭg'ərd-lē)   
adj.  

  1. Grudging and petty in giving or spending.

  2. Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.

nig'gard·li·ness n., nig'gard·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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