单词 | miserly |
释义 | miserly, a.|ˈmaɪzəlɪ| [f. miser n. + -ly1.] Pertaining to or characteristic of a miser; niggardly, stingy.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 29 b, If there were any that had dudgen-olde coughing miserly Fathers they could not endure. 1860Winslow Obsc. Dis. Brain vi. 169 If benevolent, he [sc. the insane person] becomes parsimonious and miserly. 1870Dickens E. Drood vii, He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 104 The youth who has had a mean and miserly bringing up. transf.1869Lowell Under the Willows vii, To spend in all things else, But of old friends to be most miserly. |

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