niggardly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈnɪɡədli/ / /ˈnɪɡɚdli/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English niggard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English niggardly From niggard + -ly (adjectival suffix).
- Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
“[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.”
- Conceding few runs (of a bowler).
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English niggard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English niggardly From niggard + -ly (adverbial suffix).
- In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
“because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […].”