MISERLY


Meaning of MISERLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ maɪzə(r)li ]

1.

If you describe someone as miserly , you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.

He is miserly with both his time and his money.

= mean

ADJ [ disapproval ]

2.

If you describe an amount of something as miserly , you are critical of it because it is very small.

Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.

= measly

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]

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