niggardly

Definition

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

Etymology

From niggard + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Example Sentences

• "[W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly."
• "They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest."
• "This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others."