niggardly
adjective · adverbB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
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.
Đồng nghĩa: miserly, stingy, 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
- 2.
(cricket) Conceding few runs (of a bowler).
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(archaic)(now rare) 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 […].
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