Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - miserly
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Miserly
miserly
adjective Date: 1593 of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness Synonyms: see stingy • miserliness noun
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1. If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. He is miserly with both his time and his money. = mean ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult. = measly ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 a miserly amount, salary etc is one that is much too small (a miserly 4% pay rise) 2 a miserly person is one who hates spending money - miserliness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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