niggardly

Meaning

Adj

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

Adv

In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.

Synonyms

stingy

miserly

parsimonious

penurious

close-fisted

ungenerous

mean

tight-fisted

illiberal

near

scrimy

selfish

avaricious

meanly

mingy

closefisted

frugal

tight

grudging

cheeseparing

stingily

mean-spirited

sparingly

penny-pinching

churlish

penuriously

not liberal

poorly

pinching

costive

greedy

narrow-mindedly

hard-fisted

cooking little

close-fisted parsimonious

over-economical

over-thirsty

too-saving

misely

baldly

chary

cheap

cheese-paring

curmudgeonly

economical

forbearance

grasping

hard

hardfisted

inadequately

Translations

pingre

geizig

τσιγγούνικα

φιλάργυρος

avare

gierig

mesquinement

tacaño

vrekkig

mesquin

billig

tinyós

chiche

escàs

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪɡədli/

Etymology

From niggard + -ly (adjectival suffix).