niggardly

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡədli/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡɚdli/ === Etymology 1 === From niggard +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== niggardly (comparative more niggardly, superlative most niggardly) Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly. Synonyms: miserly, stingy; see also Thesaurus:stingy 1609, Joseph Hall, (paraphrasing Ambrose? in) "No Peace with Rome", in Josiah Pratt (editor), The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D. D., Vol. IX. Polemical Works, London, (1808), page 57: [W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. (cricket) Conceding few runs (of a bowler). ===== Usage notes ===== This term may cause offence, especially in the US, as it is easily confused with niggerly, an adjectival form of the racial slur nigger. As such, even though the two words are etymologically unrelated, it has still fallen out of general use. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From niggard +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix). ==== Adverb ==== niggardly (comparative more niggardly, superlative most niggardly) (now rare) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily. , New York 2001, p.105: because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little […]. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === Controversies about the word niggardly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia