[
UK
/nˈɪɡədli/
]
[ US /ˈnɪɡɝdɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈnɪɡɝdɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
petty or reluctant in giving or spending
a niggardly tip
How To Use niggardly In A Sentence
- You must sacrifice your poor, squawking, niggardly individuality.
- That is not the only case, there was the response to the use of the word niggardly as it related to a budget matter, but the left wing community went wild on the white man who made the statement. Think Progress » CNN’s Glenn Beck Calls Anti-Gay Slur Simply A ‘Naughty Name’
- For some odd reason many of our guys seem to be just downright niggardly!
- We may very well find that we are contributing, through this niggardly, miserly provision, to further examples of leaky buildings.
- It'seems he a litter niggardly, but if a woman do such action may reasonable.
- Officials say the EU, which is supposed to provide most of the food needs, is being particularly niggardly.
- It was an atypical error for a side that have boasted the most niggardly defence in the division. Times, Sunday Times
- a kind of penurious god, very niggardly of his opportunities: he must be watched like a hard-hearted treasurer; for he bolts out on the sudden, and, if you take him not in the nick, he vanishes in a twinkling. The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06
- 'I have to tell you my instinct is affluent parents are being a little niggardly. Times, Sunday Times
- A movement to expand Medicare from a niggardly program that only barely covers the medical care of the elderly to a full-fledged national healthcare program that covers everyone may also be in the cards.