niggardliness

nig·gard·ly

N0101000 (nĭg′ərd-lē)adj.1. Grudging and petty in giving or spending.2. Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.

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nig′gard·li·ness n.nig′gard·ly adv.

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niggardliness - extreme stinginess minginess, niggardness, tightfistedness, meanness, parsimoniousness, parsimony, closeness, tightnessstinginess - a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with moneylittleness, pettiness, smallness - lack of generosity in trifling mattersmiserliness - total lack of generosity with money

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