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niggardly(1) (iou)



niggardly adjective. M16.
[from NIGGARD noun + -LY1.]
Having or displaying an unwillingness to give, spend, or use anything up; mean, miserly. (Foll. by of, with.) M16.
T. R. Malthus The earth had been so niggardly of her produce. R. K. Narayan Never knew people could be so niggardly with cucumber. C. G. Wolff She was apparently not above the most niggardly retaliation.
Such as a niggard would give; meanly small, scanty, closely limited; given grudgingly. L16.
Economist America's foreign aid has become notoriously niggardly.
niggardliness noun L16.