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miserliness

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mi·ser·ly  (mzr-l)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious.
miser·li·ness n.
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Noun1.miserliness - total lack of generosity with money
minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, closeness, tightness - extreme stinginess
miserliness
noun meanness, penny-pinching (informal), avarice, parsimony, nearness, stinginess, covetousness, churlishness, cheeseparing, niggardliness, graspingness, close- or tightfistedness, penuriousness She had always despised miserliness.
Quotations
"How easy it is for a man to die rich, if he will be contented to live miserable" [Henry Fielding]
Translations
miserliness [ˈmaɪzəlɪnɪs] N → tacañería f
miserliness
n → Geiz m
miserliness [ˈmaɪzəlɪnɪs] n → taccagneria
miserliness [ˈmaɪzəlɪnɪs] n → taccagneria


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Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
How was it that he, Dunstan Cass, who had often heard talk of Marner's miserliness, had never thought of suggesting to Godfrey that he should frighten or persuade the old fellow into lending the money on the excellent security of the young Squire's prospects?
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
In old-fashioned times an "independence" was hardly ever made without a little miserliness as a condition, and you would have found that quality in every provincial district, combined with characters as various as the fruits from which we can extract acid.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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