miserly
11miserly — miser mi‧ser [ˈmaɪzə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money: • This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering. miserly adjective : • Teachers complain they… …
12miserly — mi|ser|ly [ maızərli ] adjective unwilling to spend any money a. a miserly amount is very small and not enough: Their miserly offer is unlikely to be accepted. ╾ mi|ser|li|ness noun uncount …
13miserly — adjective 1) his miserly uncle Syn: mean, niggardly, close fisted, parsimonious, penny pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money grubbing, cheap; formal penurious See note at ec …
14miserly — UK [ˈmaɪzə(r)lɪ] / US [ˈmaɪzərlɪ] adjective showing disapproval a) unwilling to spend any money b) a miserly amount is very small and not enough Their miserly offer is unlikely to be accepted. Derived word: miserliness noun uncountable …
15miserly — adjective Date: 1593 of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness Synonyms: see stingy • miserliness noun …
16miserly — miserliness, n. /muy zeuhr lee/, adj. of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly. [1585 95; MISER + LY] Syn. cheap, parsimonious. See stingy. Ant. generous. * * * …
17miserly — adjective /ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li/ Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money …
18miserly — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, a hog for, abject, abstemious, acquisitive, all devouring, ascetic, austere, avaricious, avid, bottomless, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring,… …
19miserly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, covetous, parsimonious, close fisted; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hoarding, cheap, penny pinching, tight, money grubbing, misanthropic, stingy, parsimonious,… …
20miserly — mi·ser·ly || maɪzÉ™lɪ adj. cheap or stingy …
