Niggardly

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Grudging and petty in giving or spending.
  • adj. Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
  • ad. In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
  • ad. In a niggard manner.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like a niggard; sordidly parsimonious or sparing; close-fisted; stingy: as, a niggardly person.
  • Characteristic of a niggard; meanly parsimonious; scanty: as, niggardly entertainment; niggardly thrift.
  • Synonyms Parsimonious, Stingy, etc.(see penurious), illiberal, close-fisted, saving, chary.
  • In the manner of a niggard; sparingly; parsimoniously.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending
    • Equivalent
    stingy    ungenerous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    avaricious    sparing    covetous    stingy    parsimonious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    miserly    parsimonious    penurious    illiberal    uncharitable   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.