miserly
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miserly
like a miser; cheap, stingy, penurious: He is not miserly with his gifts.
Not to be confused with:
misery – tribulation, suffering; grief, anguish, torment, desolation: the misery of abject poverty
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mi·ser·ly
(mī′zər-lē)adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious.
mi′ser·li·ness n.
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miserly
(ˈmaɪzəlɪ)adj
of or resembling a miser; avaricious
ˈmiserliness n
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mi•ser•ly
(ˈmaɪ zər li)adj.
of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
[1585–95]
mi′ser•li•ness, n.
syn: See stingy1.
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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" stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
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miserly
adjective mean, stingy, penny-pinching (informal), parsimonious, close, near, grasping, beggarly, illiberal, avaricious, niggardly, ungenerous, covetous, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) He is miserly with both his time and his money.
generous, charitable, extravagant, prodigal, unselfish
generous, charitable, extravagant, prodigal, unselfish
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miserly
adjectiveUngenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:
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Translations
بُخْلي
lakomý
gnieragtig
fösvény
nánasarlega
skop
cimricimrice
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[ˈmaɪzəlɪ] adj → taccagno/a, avaro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
miser
(ˈmaizə) noun a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth. That old miser won't give you a cent!
ˈmiserly adjectiveˈmiserliness noun
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