Miserly
['maɪzəlɪ]
Definition
(a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close-fisted.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Antonyms
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Checker: Wilmer
Examples
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is the son of a miserly oligarch, and has been taught by him to restrain the love of unnecessary pleasures. Plato. The Republic.
- Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on, with a miserly relish of Estella's moods, whatever they were. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Any book that seemed to promise a chance of miserly biography, Mr Boffin purchased without a moment's delay and carried home. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miserly too, my dear; which is far the most unpromising for us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A gloomy house the Bower, with sordid signs on it of having been, through its long existence as Harmony Jail, in miserly holding. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is not this the way--he is the son of the miserly and oligarchical father who has trained him in his own habits? Plato. The Republic.
Checker: Wilmer