ərd 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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| —adj | |
| 1. | stingy or ungenerous |
| 2. | meagre: a niggardly salary |
| —adv | |
| 3. | stingily; grudgingly |
| 'niggardliness | |
| —n | |
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niggardly
1560s, from niggard.
"It was while giving a speech in Washington, to a very international audience, about the British theft of the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon. I described the attitude of the current British authorities as 'niggardly.' Nobody said anything, but I privately resolvedhaving felt the word hanging in the air a bitto say 'parsimonious' from then on." [Christopher Hitchens, "The Pernicious Effects of Banning Words," Slate.com, Dec. 4, 2006]
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