单词 | miserly |
释义 | miserly (maɪzəʳli ) 1. adjective If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. [disapproval] He is miserly with both his time and his money. Synonyms: mean, stingy, penny-pinching [informal], parsimonious 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. [disapproval] Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult. |
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