niggardly
Meanings
Adjective
- Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
Adverb
- In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
Origin
- niggard + -ly
- category:English words suffixed with -ly (adjectival)
Modern English dictionary
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