miserly
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈmaɪ.zəɹli/
Pronunciation notes
- US
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ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li
Adjective
Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.
- Examples
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miserly habits
miserly offer
More examples (4)
He had a miserly attitude toward spending money.
They lived under miserly conditions despite their wealth.
It's something that worries me about the book I'm doing about him... In some ways he's just like the racist caricature of the miserly old Jew.
What could be more selfish, more miserly—this in specific is what gnaws at him—than dying childless, terminating the line, subtracting oneself from the great work of generation? Worse than miserly, in fact: unnatural.
Adjective
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- Examples
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a mean person
he left a miserly tip
Word forms
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