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niggardly
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/ˈnɪɡədli/
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/ˈnɪɡərdli/
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niggardly
adjective
niggardlier
Comp.
niggardliest
Super.
UK
/ˈnɪɡədli/
US
/ˈnɪɡərdli/
parcimonieux
Pour des quantités, des moyens ou des ressources insuffisants, faibles ou mesquins.
The workers were frustrated with the niggardly wages they received for their hard labor.
Les travailleurs étaient frustrés par les salaires parcimonieux qu’ils recevaient pour leur dur labeur.
pingre
Se dit d’une personne avare, qui refuse de donner ou de dépenser.
The niggardly old man refused to donate even a small amount to the charity.
Le vieux pingre refusa de faire un don, même minime, à l’association caritative.
avare
S’emploie couramment pour une personne peu généreuse ou trop économe.
The niggardly old man refused to donate even a small amount to the charity.
Le vieux avare refusa de faire un don, même minime, à l’association caritative.
Additional translations
chiche
Plus familier; peut qualifier une somme, une ration ou une quantité trop faible.
Synonyms
stingy
miserly
parsimonious
tightfisted
cheap
grudging
sparing
Antonyms
generous
lavish
munificent
niggardly
adverb
UK
/ˈnɪɡədli/
US
/ˈnɪɡɚdli/
avarement
Pour exprimer une manière avare, peu généreuse.
He donated niggardly to the charity, despite his wealth.
Il a donné avarement à l’association caritative, malgré sa richesse.
Additional translations
parcimonieusement
S’emploie surtout pour une action faite avec économie excessive ou insuffisance.
Synonyms
ungenerously
close-fistedly
tightfistedly
penuriously
sparingly
meanly
miserly
parsimoniously
stingily
Definitions
niggardly
adjective
Unwilling to give or spend; stingy or miserly.
The niggardly old man refused to donate even a small amount to the charity.
Meager or scanty in amount or quality.
The workers were frustrated with the niggardly wages they received for their hard labor.
niggardly
adverb
In a stingy or miserly manner.
He donated niggardly to the charity, despite his wealth.
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