Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a miser; penurious; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious: as, a miserly person, or a person of miserly habits.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
miser ; verycovetous ;stingy ;cautious withmoney
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
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Examples
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Proclaimed one particularly prosperous-looking woman who floated past our table on the way to raise some boat dealer's bottom line, "It's about time we spent on ourselves again ... being miserly is no fun at all!"
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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Proclaimed one particularly prosperous-looking woman who floated past our table on the way to raise some boat dealer's bottom line, "It's about time we spent on ourselves again ... being miserly is no fun at all!"
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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Proclaimed one particularly prosperous-looking woman who floated past our table on the way to raise some boat dealer's bottom line, "It's about time we spent on ourselves again ... being miserly is no fun at all!"
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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Proclaimed one particularly prosperous-looking woman who floated past our table on the way to raise some boat dealer's bottom line, "It's about time we spent on ourselves again ... being miserly is no fun at all!"
Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy Lita Smith-Mines 2010
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No one uses the word “niggardly” in politics any more, no matter what degree of stinginess or miserly is intended.
Think Progress » Memorandum To Tony Snow On The Use Of The Term ‘Tar Baby’ 2006
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It also clearly illuminates where the line is, and why calling a miserly person a "Jew" is an insult (because the insinuation of miserliness is derogatory) whereas saying Asians like rice is not (because there's no derogatory insinuation).
"We, in former times, constantly made jokes about different races." Ann Althouse 2009
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Restaurateurs know that many people won't order the cheapest wine on the list for fear of appearing miserly, which is why the second-cheapest wine on the list is often the worst deal.
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He was miserly, which is a different thing altogether.
More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007
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He was miserly, which is a different thing altogether.
More Sex Is Safer Sex Steven E. Landsburg 2007
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The miserly is the miserable man, who hoards money from a love of it.
Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Orison Swett Marden 1887
sionnach commented on the word miserly
Stephen King's gruesome update of "A Christmas Carol"
February 24, 2008
treeseed commented on the word miserly
sionnach, you are what my grandma used to call a "stitch"
Love you.
February 24, 2008