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niggardly
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
💬 Quotations
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
(now rare) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
💬 Quotations
because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […].