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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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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.
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Niggardly

Nig"gard*ly\, a. Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. --Bp. Hall.

Syn: Avarcious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurios; sordid; stingy. See Avaricious.

Niggardly

Nig"gard*ly\, adv. In a niggard manner.
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Language Translation for : niggardly
Spanish: tacaño, avaro,
German: knauserig,
Japanese: けちな
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