MISERLY


Meaning of MISERLY in English

adj. 25B6; adjective

his miserly great-uncle : MEAN, niggardly, parsimonious, close, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, grasping, Scrooge-like; informal stingy, tight, tight-fisted; N. Amer. informal cheap; archaic near.

the prize is a miserly £300 : MEAGRE, inadequate, paltry, negligible, miserable, pitiful, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, stingy, pathetic; formal exiguous.

generous.

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