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1. Oxford Dictionary

   niggardly

   • IPA[ˈnɪɡədli]

   英式

   • adj.
     ungenerous with money, time, etc.; mean；meagre and given grudgingly
   • adv.
     in a mean or meagre manner.
2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. ungenerous with money, time, etc.; mean he accused the Government of being unbelievably niggardly 同義詞 miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ... 更多penurious, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close, mean, informalstingy, mingy, tight, tight-fisted, money-grubbing, money-grabbing, cheap, vulgar slangtight-arsed, tight-assed, archaicnear反義詞 generous
   • ▪ meagre and given grudgingly niggardly allowances from the Treasury a niggardly shoestring budget 同義詞 meagre, inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, ... 更多limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, informalmeasly, stingy, pathetic, piddling, rareexiguous反義詞 lavish, abundant

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. archaic in a mean or meagre manner.
3. • 更多解釋

   niggardly

   • IPA[ˈniɡərdlē]

   美式

   • adj.
     ungenerous; stingy: serving out the rations with a niggardly hand
   • adv.
     in a stingy or meager manner.

   Oxford American Dictionary