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BNC: 36411 COCA: 38324

niggardly

Word family
nig·gard·ly /ˈnɪɡədli $ -ər-/ adjectiveadj old-fashioned  
1 CHEAPa niggardly gift, amount, salary etc is much too small and is given unwillingly 很少的,勉强给的
 niggardly wages
微薄的工资
 a niggardly 2% increase
仅仅2%的增长
2 GENEROUS#unwilling to spend money or be generous 小气的,吝啬的 SYN stingy
 a niggardly person
吝啬的人
Examples from the Corpus
Origin niggardly
(1500-1600) niggard ungenerous person ((14-21 centuries)), probably from a Scandinavian language
nig·gard·ly adjectiveadj
Chinese
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Corpus
BNC: 36411 COCA: 38324
BNC: 36411 COCA: 38324
BNC: 36411 COCA: 38324
niggardly
Careful with money: thrifty, economical, frugal...
Selfish, greedy and not generous: selfish, greedy, cynical...
Small amounts of money: pittance, subsistence, pocket money...
Not enough: inadequate, insufficient, scant...

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