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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   niggardly

   • IPA[ˈniɡərdlē]

   美式

   • adj.
     ungenerous; stingy；meager; scanty
   • adv.
     in a stingy or meager manner.
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. ungenerous; stingy serving out the rations with a niggardly hand 同義詞 miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, ... 更多penurious, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scroogelike, ungenerous, illiberal, close, mean, informalstingy, mingy, tight, tightfisted, money-grubbing, money-grabbing, cheap, vulgar slangtight-arsed, tight-assed, archaicnear反義詞 generous
   • ▪ meager; scanty their share is a niggardly 2.7 percent 同義詞 meager, inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, ... 更多limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, informalmeasly, stingy, pathetic, piddling, rareexiguous反義詞 lavish, abundant

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. archaic in a stingy or meager manner.
3. • 更多解釋

   niggardly

   • IPA[ˈnɪɡədli]

   英式

   • adj.
     ungenerous with money, time, etc.; mean: he accused the Government of being unbelievably niggardly
   • adv.
     in a mean or meagre manner.

   Oxford Dictionary