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 ]