niggardly 音標拼音: [n'ɪgɚdli]
a . 吝嗇的;小氣的;少的
吝嗇的;小氣的;少的
niggardly adj 1 :
petty or reluctant in giving or spending ; "
a niggardly tip " [
synonym : {
grudging }, {
niggardly }, {
scrimy }]
Niggardly \
Nig "
gard *
ly \,
adv .
In a niggard manner .
[
1913 Webster ]
Niggardly \
Nig "
gard *
ly \ (
n [
i ^]
g "
g [~
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rd *
l [
y ^]),
a .
Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others ;
stingy ;
niggard .
[
1913 Webster ]
Where the owner of the house will be bountiful ,
it is not for the steward to be niggardly . --
Bp .
Hall .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Avaricious ;
covetous ;
parsimonious ;
sparing ;
miserly ;
penurious ;
sordid ;
stingy .
See {
Avaricious }.
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
niggardly ":
Lenten ,
Spartan ,
abstemious ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bountiful ,
cheeseparing ,
chinchy ,
chintzy ,
close ,
closefisted ,
closefistedly ,
dwarfed ,
dwarfish ,
exiguous ,
frugal ,
grudging ,
illiberal ,
illiberally ,
impoverished ,
infrequent ,
jejune ,
lean ,
limited ,
little ,
meager ,
mean ,
meanly ,
mingy ,
miserly ,
narrow ,
niggard ,
paltry ,
parsimonious ,
penny -
pinching ,
penurious ,
petty ,
piddling ,
pinchpenny ,
poor ,
puny ,
rare ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scattered ,
scrawny ,
scrimp ,
scrimping ,
scrimpy ,
seldom met with ,
seldom seen ,
shabbily ,
shabby ,
skimp ,
skimping ,
skimpy ,
slender ,
slight ,
slim ,
small ,
sordid ,
sordidly ,
spare ,
sparing ,
sparse ,
spotty ,
sprinkled ,
starvation ,
stingily ,
stingy ,
stinted ,
straitened ,
stunted ,
subsistence ,
thin ,
tight ,
tightfisted ,
tightfistedly ,
unchivalrous ,
ungenerous ,
ungenerously ,
unnourishing ,
unnutritious ,
watered ,
watery
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Controversies about the word niggardly - Wikipedia In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people
NIGGARDLY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster stingy, close, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly mean being unwilling or showing unwillingness to share with others stingy implies a marked lack of generosity
NIGGARDLY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Niggardly definition: reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly See examples of NIGGARDLY used in a sentence
NIGGARDLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary In proportion, as she becomes niggardly in her gifts, she exacts a greater price for her work
niggardly - Wiktionary, the free dictionary niggardly (comparative more niggardly, superlative most niggardly) (now rare) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily quotations
Niggardly - definition of niggardly by The Free Dictionary 1 Grudging and petty in giving or spending 2 Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip
niggardly adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of niggardly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
NIGGARDLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as niggardly, you are criticizing them because they do not give or provide much of something
Niggardly Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary The story is about a niggardly [= stingy, miserly] old man who learns to share what he has with others
niggardly - WordReference. com Dictionary of English WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 nig•gard•ly (nig′ ərd lē), adj reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter adv in the manner of a niggard