miserlyadjective
uk/ˈmaɪ.zəl.i/us/ˈmaɪ.zɚ.li/disapprovingmiserly adjective (PERSON)
like or typical of a miser:
a miserly person
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Mean with money
- cheap
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- chintzy
- frugal
- mean
- meanly
- meanness
- measly
- mingy
- miser
- money-grubbing
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- scrooge
- skinflint
- stingy
- tight
- tight-fisted
- tightwad
miserly adjective (AMOUNT)
A miserly amount is extremely small:
The workers are paid a miserly $2 a day.
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Small amounts of money
- a drop in the ocean idiom
- bagatelle
- chickenfeed
- drop
- microcredit
- not a red cent idiom
- paltry
- peanut
- pennyworth
- pittance
- pocket money
- princely
- red
- sou
- trifling
miserliness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈmaɪ.zəl.i.nəs/us/ˈmaɪ.zɚ.li.nəs/