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miserly

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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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Adj.1.miserly - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
mingy, tight, mean
stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
miserly
adjective mean, stingy, penny-pinching (informal) parsimonious, close, near, grasping, beggarly, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, covetous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, mingy Brit. (informal) snoep S. African (informal) << OPPOSITE generous
Translations
miserly [ˈmaɪzəlɪ] adj → avariento, tacaño
miserly [ˈmaɪzəlɪ] adj → avare
miserly [ˈmaɪzəlɪ] miser adj → geizig;
(amount) → armselig
miserly [ˈmaɪzəlɪ] adj → avaro/a


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Of course it was not really because of that, but everything together, he began this hospital to prove, do you see, that he was not miserly about money.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Thou art always prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my conscience.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but littleassisted by education or society; the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father; and though he belonged to one of the universities, he had merely kept the necessary terms, without forming at it any useful acquaintance.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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