niggardly

niggardly englannista suomeksi

1. saita, kitsas

1. pihi, nuuka, saita, itara

niggardly englanniksi

1. Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

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2. 1609, Hall (bishop)|Joseph Hall, (paraphrasing Ambrose? in) "No Peace with Rome", in Pratt|Josiah Pratt (editor), ''The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D. D.'', Vol. IX. Polemical Works, London, (1808), page 57:

Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.

3. (RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence)

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1958|author=John Kenneth Galbraith|title=The Affluent Society|pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=IfH010hvIqcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0v=onepage&q=niggardly&f=false|page=186|year_published=1998|isbn=9780395925003

5. In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.

6. (RQ:Burton Melancholy), New York 2001, p.105:

because many families are compelled to live niggardly, exhaust and undone by great dowers, none shall be given at all, or very little ….