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1. (adj.) niggardly
reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
2. niggardly
meanly or ungenerously small or scanty:
a niggardly tip to a waiter.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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| Definition of 'niggardly' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) grudging, niggardly, scrimy
petty or reluctant in giving or spending
"a niggardly tip"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) niggardly
meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard
2. (adverb) niggardly
in a niggard manner
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Sense: not generous; unwilling to give or spend money
He's niggardly with his money; a niggardly gift.
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 Afrikaans: vrekkig, suinig |
 Arabic: بَخيل، مُمْسِك اليَد |
 Bulgarian: свидлив |
 Brazilian: sovina |
 Czech: lakomý, skoupý |
 German: knauserig |
 Danish: karrig |
 Greek: τσιγκούνικος, τσιγκούνης |
 Spanish: tacaño, avaro |
 Estonian: kitsi |
 Farsi: خسيس |
 Finnish: kitsas |
 French: chiche |
 Hebrew: בְּקַמצָנוּת |
 Hindi: कृपण |
 Croatian: škr |
 Hungarian: fukar |
 Indonesian: kikir |
 Icelandic: nánasarlegur; nískur; smá |
 Italian: avaro; misero |
 Japanese: けちな |
 Korean: 인색한 |
 Lithuanian: šykštus |
 Latvian: skops |
 Malay: lokek |
 Dutch: gierig |
 Norwegian: gjerrig, gnien |
 Polish: skąpy |
 Persian: خسيس |
 Pashto: پيسه دوسته |
 Portuguese: sovina |
 Romanian: meschin, zgârcit |
 Russian: скупой; прижимистый |
 Slovak: lakomý, skúpy |
 Slovenian: skop |
 Serbian: cicijaški |
 Swedish: snål, gnidig |
 Thai: ขี้เหนียว |
 Turkish: cimri, hasis |
 Taiwanese: 小氣的, 吝嗇的 |
 Ukrainian: скупий, скнарий |
 Urdu: تنگ دل |
 Vietnamese: hà tiện |
 Chinese: 小气的，吝啬的 |
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