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- DictionaryNig·gard·ly/ˈniɡərdlē/
adjective
- 1. ungenerous; stingy: "serving out the rations with a niggardly hand"
adverb
- 1. in a stingy or meager manner. archaic
The meaning of NIGGARDLY is grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging. How to use niggardly in a sentence. Usage of Niggard and Niggardly: Usage Guide Synonym Discussion of Niggardly.
slight in amount, quality, or effort: a niggardly donation / amount. Synonym. grudging. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Small in number and quantity. beggarly. below. bupkis. certain. could count something on (the fingers of) one hand idiom. count. low density. measly. mildness. mingy. minimal. remote. scantly. slenderly. slenderness.
adjective. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. Synonyms: close, illiberal, mercenary, avaricious, tight, mean, miserly, penurious. Antonyms: generous. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter. Synonyms: poor.
While this looks like a certain racial slur, it's really just a way of saying meager, stingy or ungenerous. If you get a niggardly share of cake, it means someone gave you a very small piece. This word is so close to a nasty racial slur that people have gotten in trouble for using it correctly.
The meaning of NIGGARD is a meanly covetous and stingy person : miser. Usage of Niggard and Niggardly: Usage Guide.
Synonyms for NIGGARDLY: miserly, careful, stingy, parsimonious, selfish, niggard, close, mean; Antonyms of NIGGARDLY: generous, liberal, munificent, charitable, bounteous, bountiful, unstinting, openhanded.
1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. 2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty. a niggardly tip to a waiter. adverb. 3. in the manner of a niggard. SYNONYMS 1. penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close.
