Miserly — Mi ser*ly (m[imac] z[ e]r*l[y^]), a. [From {Miser}.] Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly. [1913 Webster] Syn: Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
miserly — index illiberal, parsimonious, penurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
miserly — (adj.) 1590s, from MISER (Cf. miser) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). Related: Miserliness … Etymology dictionary
miserly — penurious, parsimonious, niggardly, tight, tight fisted, *stingy, close, closefisted, cheeseparing, penny pinching Analogous words: avaricious, greedy, *covetous, grasping: *mean, sordid, abject, ignoble Contrasted words: bountiful, bounteous,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
miserly — [adj] greedy, stingy abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate*, churlish, close, closefisted, covetous, grasping, ignoble, illiberal, mean, parsimonious, penny pinching*, penurious, skinflint*, sordid, tightfisted*, ungenerous; concepts… … New thesaurus
miserly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having the characteristics of a miser. 2) (of a quantity) pitiably small. DERIVATIVES miserliness noun … English terms dictionary
miserly — [mī′zər lē] adj. like or characteristic of a miser; greedy and stingy SYN. STINGY1 miserliness n … English World dictionary
miserly — mi|ser|ly [ˈmaızəli US zər ] adj 1.) a miserly amount or quantity is one that is much too small = ↑measly, paltry ↑paltry ▪ We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise. 2.) a miserly person is not generous and does not like spending money = ↑mean… … Dictionary of contemporary English
miserly — adjective 1 a miserly amount, salary etc is one that is much too small: a miserly 4% pay rise 2 a miserly person is one who hates spending money miserliness noun (U) misery / mIzri/ noun 1 (C, U) great suffering or discomfort, caused for example… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
miserly — miser mi‧ser [ˈmaɪzə ǁ ər] noun [countable] a person, organization, country etc that hates spending money: • This country is a miser when it comes to research and development spending in engineering. miserly adjective : • Teachers complain they… … Financial and business terms
