NIGGARDLY Meaning of NIGGARDLY in English a. 1.Parsimonious, covetous, stingy, avaricious, miserly, penurious, sordid, mean, illiberal, mercenary, niggard, close, close-fisted.2.Saving, sparing, chary. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012