miserly
3
7.9
- adjective
- /ˈmaɪzərli/
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- He was known for being miserly and refused to donate to any charity.
Narcissists, in fact, can be quite miserly.
- Narcissists, in fact, can be quite miserly.
- And the path to financial betterment for most people is to shrink their expense column, maybe even be miserly and really shrewd.
- Sparrow Hawk was always miserly about employing his arts.
- This is a style where a person is very rigid, really miserly, super controlling.
Examples
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Merry Christmas to the unfeeling, unkind, miserly founder of this feast, Mr. Scrooge.
Fiction book (2001) -
Trina's miserly attitude grew steadily through the following months ... but her brusque outbursts of affection kept her tolerable to the slow-thinking McTeague.
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According to Edward, George had a ready supply of gold coins, and he was not miserly about treating men to a drink.
Fiction book (1993) -
They are also really cheap and really miserly and not a good kind of cheap.
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She'd felt sorry for her old friend then, trapped in her miserly concept of youth, despite a decent job and an inheritance.
Fiction book (1998) -
Scrooge was a miserly soul, and the film portrays this as a "bad thing."
Blog text (20) -
And the path to financial betterment for most people is to shrink their expense column, maybe even be miserly and really shrewd.
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The only stumbling block to Hamilton in Miami is just how miserly owner Jeffrey Loria is with the pursestrings.
Blog text (34) -
Her miserly attitude prevented her from enjoying life and making new friends.
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The miserly businessman counted every penny and never treated his employees.
Synonyms
199
6.5
Not willing to spend money even when needed
45
7.7
Unwilling to spend money
26
5.2
Not willing to spend money or give help to others
15
9.3
Unwilling to give or spend money
2
9.9
A person who is unwilling to spend money and avoids buying things
1
8.0
A person who does not like to spend money
1
7.5
Not willing to spend much money
1
9.9
Not willing to give or spend much money
1
9.9
Unwilling to spend money, even for small things
Not willing to spend or give money
Not willing to spend or share money
Not willing to give or share things, especially money
Not willing to spend money, even for small things
Being very unwilling to spend money
Not willing to spend money even when they have it
Not willing to spend money or share costs
Unwilling to give money or things
Antonyms
How Stingy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Miserly comes from the older word miser, which meant 'wretched' or 'poor' and is the same root as misery. So a 'miserly' person acts 'as if poor' and refuses to spend or give money, which is why it means not generous.