Associations to the word «Niggardly»

Wiktionary

NIGGARDLY, adjective. (now rare) Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
NIGGARDLY, adverb. (now rare) In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.

Dictionary definition

NIGGARDLY, adjective. Petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne