Associations to the word «Miserly»

Wiktionary

MISERLY, adjective. Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money

Dictionary definition

MISERLY, adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin