niggardly[adjective]Synonyms: stingy, avaricious, frugal, grudging, mean, miserly, parsimonious, tightfisted, ungenerous
Antonyms: bounteous, bountiful
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nig‧gard‧ly /ˈnɪɡədli $ -ər-/
adjective old-fashioned[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: niggard 'ungenerous person' (14-21 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language]
1. a niggardly gift, amount, salary etc is much too small and is given unwillingly:
niggardly wages a niggardly 2% increase2. unwilling to spend money or be generous
Synonym : stingy:
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