cheap or stingy
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Miserly Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutLike a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
miserly
\mi"ser*ly\ (?), a. [from miser.] like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Cybyddu = v. to act miserly
Digrintach = a. not miserly
Adjective
1. used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip"
(synonym) mean, mingy, tight
(similar) stingy, ungenerous
