miserly
adjectiveB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjectiveComparative
more miserly
Superlative
most miserly
- 1.
Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
miserly habits
miserly offer
He had a miserly attitude toward spending money.
They lived under miserly conditions despite their wealth.
Đồng nghĩa: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous, ungiving
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From miser + -ly, attested from the 1540s.