What does niggardly mean?
Niggardly means Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly..
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/ˈnɪɡədli/ · adjective
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly..
[W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.
They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.
This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others.
because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […].
Use niggardly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Niggardly means Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly..
Common synonyms include miserly, stingy, as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.
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