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Webster 1913 Edition

Miserly

Mi′ser-ly

(mī′zẽr-ly̆)

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Adj.

[From

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Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly.

Syn. – Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See

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Webster 1828 Edition

Miserly

MI'SERLY

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Adj.

[See Miser.] Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious.

Definition 2024

miserly

miserly

English

Adjective

miserly ‎(comparative more miserly, superlative most miserly)

Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:stingy
See also Wikisaurus:greedy

Translations

like a miser; very covetous; stingy

Arabic: بَخِيل ‎(baḵīl)
Belarusian: скупы ‎(skupy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吝嗇 (zh), 吝啬 (zh) ‎(lìnsè), 小氣 (zh), 小气 (zh) ‎(xiǎoqì), (informal) 摳門 (zh), 抠门 (zh) ‎(kōumén), 摳 (zh), 抠 (zh) ‎(kōu)
Czech: lakomý (cs) m
Danish: gnieragtig, gerrig, nærig (da)
Esperanto: avarula
Finnish: saita (fi)
French: avare (fr), pingre (fr), chiche (fr)
German: geizig (de), knauserig (de), knausrig, gierig (de)
Hindi: कंजूस (hi) ‎(kanjūs)

Irish: ocrach
Japanese: けちな (ja) ‎(kechi-na), 吝嗇な (ja) ‎(りんしょくな, rinshoku-na)
Korean: (attributive) 인색한 ‎(insaek-han), (predicative) 인색하다 ‎(insaek-hada)
Polish: skąpy (pl)
Portuguese: mesquinho (pt), pão-duro (pt)
Romanian: ciufút (ro)
Russian: скупо́й (ru) ‎(skupój), ска́редный (ru) ‎(skárednyj), жа́дный (ru) ‎(žádnyj), прижи́мистый (ru) ‎(prižímistyj)
Scots: near the bane
Serbo-Croatian: škrt (sh)
Spanish: mezquino (es), tacaño (es), avaro (es)
Urdu: کنجوس ‎(kanjūs)

External links

miserly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
miserly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911