niggardly

[US]/'nɪgədlɪ/
[UK]/'nɪɡɚdli/
Häufigkeit: Sehr Hoch

Übersetzung

adj. geizig; knauserig; ungern; nicht wertvoll.

Beispielsätze

He is niggardly of money.

Er ist geizig mit Geld.

mean, niggardly, and unnecessary regulations.

geizig, niggardly und unnötige Vorschriften.

their share is a niggardly 2.7 per cent.

Ihr Anteil beträgt magere 2,7 Prozent.

left the waiter a niggardly tip.

Er ließ dem Kellner eine magere Trinkgeld da.

Don't be niggardly;you can afford to share your good fortune.

Sei nicht geizig;du kannst es dir leisten, dein Glück zu teilen.

Forced by hunger, he worked for the most niggardly pay.

Getrieben von Hunger arbeitete er für das geringste Gehalt.

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy,counsel, &countenance.

Sei nicht geizig mit Dingen, die dich nichts kosten, wie Höflichkeit, Rat und Ausstrahlung.

Beispiele aus der Praxis

" You're a niggardly man, " said Karl, " and a liar" .

Quelle: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

" Now there's a niggardly response. Give me more than that, or your next answer will be as poor" .

Quelle: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.

Quelle: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

But niggardly and angular speakers are rare.

Quelle: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

By all signs and tokens, making ready for another turn; she was not what you'd call niggardly at bearing.

Quelle: The Growth of the Earth (Part 1)

He was a miserable miser who made his wife so wretched by his niggardly ways that she was a ready prey for any adventurer.

Quelle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

Incredible shabbiness and niggardly pinching reigned over the fields and acres which, in spite of the rude and careless husbandry of the times, were so kind and bountiful.

Quelle: News from Wuyou Township (Part 1)

" The Tyrells would think us niggardly. I will have the wedding and the waterfront. If you cannot pay for them, say so, and I shall find a master of coin who can" .

Quelle: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Queen Selyse sniffed. " We are done with Eastwatch. We did not like it there. A queen should be mistress beneath her own roof. We found your Cotter Pyke to be an uncouth and unpleasant man, quarrelsome and niggardly" .

Quelle: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

Necessity had made the poor girl so niggardly that Grandet had grown to love her as we love a dog, and Nanon had let him fasten a spiked collar round her throat, whose spikes no longer pricked her.

Quelle: Eugénie Grandet

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