- miserly
- adjective Date: 1593 of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness Synonyms: see stingy • miserliness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Miserly — Mi ser*ly (m[imac] z[ e]r*l[y^]), a. [From {Miser}.] Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly. [1913 Webster] Syn: Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
miserly — index illiberal, parsimonious, penurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
miserly — (adj.) 1590s, from MISER (Cf. miser) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). Related: Miserliness … Etymology dictionary
miserly — penurious, parsimonious, niggardly, tight, tight fisted, *stingy, close, closefisted, cheeseparing, penny pinching Analogous words: avaricious, greedy, *covetous, grasping: *mean, sordid, abject, ignoble Contrasted words: bountiful, bounteous,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
miserly — [adj] greedy, stingy abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate*, churlish, close, closefisted, covetous, grasping, ignoble, illiberal, mean, parsimonious, penny pinching*, penurious, skinflint*, sordid, tightfisted*, ungenerous; concepts… … New thesaurus
miserly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the characteristics of a miser. 2) (of a quantity) pitiably small. DERIVATIVES miserliness noun … English terms dictionary
miserly — [mī′zər lē] adj. like or characteristic of a miser; greedy and stingy SYN. STINGY1 miserliness n … English World dictionary
miserly — [[t]ma͟ɪzə(r)li[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) 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. Syn: mean 2) … English dictionary
miserly — mi|ser|ly [ˈmaızəli US zər ] adj 1.) a miserly amount or quantity is one that is much too small = ↑measly, paltry ↑paltry ▪ We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise. 2.) a miserly person is not generous and does not like spending money = ↑mean… … Dictionary of contemporary English
miserly — adjective 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 noun (U) misery / mIzri/ noun 1 (C, U) great suffering or discomfort, caused for example… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
miserly — miser mi‧ser [ˈmaɪzə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money: • This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering. miserly adjective : • Teachers complain they… … Financial and business terms
