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niggardly
/ˈnɪɡɚdli/
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What does niggardly mean?
adjective
- Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
- Conceding few runs (of a bowler).
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adverb
- (archaic) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
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IPA pronunciation
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He was cramped in every way by a niggardly commission, and was using lighter structural material than he thought proper.
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
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But as he knew that women are apt to treat guests niggardly, he was explicit in his request to her.
How shall a man earn his living in my poor native village, with its inclement weather and its niggardly soil?
Sadly did the Old South err in human education, despising the education of the masses, and niggardly in the support of colleges.