niggardly

He is niggardly of money.

mean, niggardly, and unnecessary regulations.

their share is a niggardly 2.7 per cent.

left the waiter a niggardly tip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

But niggardly and angular speakers are rare.

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

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

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.

" 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" .

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" .

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.