英语词汇“miserly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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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