niggardly English

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What does niggardly mean?

Definitions in simple English

niggardly Adjective

— When someone is niggardly, the person does not give away money or other things. The person is mean and stingy. The economics teacher said people were being niggardly with their money.

niggardly Adverb

— When you do something niggardly, you do it in an uptight way, usually sparingly or stingily.

niggardly

— adjective petty or reluctant in giving or spending a niggardly tip

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niggardly English » English

stingy

miserly

parsimonious

penurious

close-fisted

ungenerous

mean

tight-fisted

illiberal

selfish

scrimy

near

tight

mingy

meanly

grudging

frugal

closefisted

cheeseparing

avaricious

stingily

sparingly

poorly

pinching

penuriously

penny-pinching

not liberal

narrow-mindedly

mean-spirited

greedy

costive

churlish

unwilling

uncharitable

too-saving

thrifty

threadbare

stinting

sparsely

sparing

spare

sordid

skinny

scrimpy

scanty

scantiness

scantily

poor

petty

over-thirsty