miserly

  • 21miserly — adjective 1》 of or characteristic of a miser. 2》 (of a quantity) pitiably small. Derivatives miserliness noun …

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  • 22miserly — a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close fisted …

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  • 23miserly — adj 1. stingy, niggardly, Rare. illiberal, parsimonious, carking, skinflinty; penurious, mean, tight, tight fisted, closefisted, cheap, Sl. chintzy; mon eygrubbing, grasping, avaricious, greedy, rapacious, covetous; self seeking, mercenary, venal …

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  • 24miserly — mi·ser·ly …

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  • 25miserly — mi•ser•ly [[t]ˈmaɪ zər li[/t]] adj. of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly • Etymology: 1585–95 mi′ser•li•ness, n. syn: See stingy …

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  • 26miserly — /ˈmaɪzəli/ (say muyzuhlee) adjective of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; niggardly. –miserliness, noun …

  • 27miserly —   See miser.   Also: akao o, pīpine, ho olaholaho, makauli i, minamina, pukumoa …

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  • 28miserly — adj. like a miser, niggardly. Derivatives: miserliness n. Etymology: MISER …

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  • 29The Miserly Knight — also The Covetous Knight , ( ru. Скупой рыцарь, Skupóy rïtsár ) is a Russian opera in one act with music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, with the libretto based on the drama of Alexander Pushkin. The composer decided essentially to set the Pushkin text …

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  • 30sniggardly — Miserly about sniglets. He sniggardly kept his sniglets out of the pseudodictionary …

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