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Definition of Niggardly

1. Adjective. Petty or reluctant in giving or spending. "A niggardly tip"

Definition of Niggardly

1. a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

2. adv. In a niggard manner.

Definition of Niggardly

1. Adjective. (rare) Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly. ¹

2. Adverb. (rare) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Niggardly

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Niggardly

Literary usage of Niggardly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghoṣa (1921)
"A niggardly treasurer desires to eat a cake, but for fear of having to share it with his neighbors, compels his wife to do the cooking on the seventh storey ..."

2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"European testimonial: considered niggardly by Kendall. — Decorations, medals, etc., from European nations. — Letter of thanks to Count Walewski. ..."

3. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... COVETOUS, AVARICIOUS, STINGY, PARSIMONIOUS, NEAR, niggardly, PENURIOUS. ... and NEAR—niggardly in giving, and infr.end- ing PENURIOUS: the ..."

4. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries by Leigh Hunt (1828)
"I was very angry with him for his niggardly conduct to my mother. I could not help, for some time, identifying the whole American character with his; ..."

5. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"Ramsay himself, it is said, wished to have been a painter; and his step-father has been reflected on as acting with niggardly sharp-sightedness, ..."

6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... "niggardly, (paring;" Chron. 8. P. L 143, N. в. То pat oat of shape, as by frequent .... niggardly ..."

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