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miserly
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of MISERLY
[more miserly; most miserly] disapproving
1
: hating to spend money吝啬的；小气的
- The team's miserly [=stingy, tightfisted] owner refused to pay for new equipment.这个队的小气老板不愿意花钱购置新设备。
2
: very small or too small in amount少量的；少得可怜的
- He was given a miserly raise.他的薪水稍稍涨了一点。
- miserly wages少得可怜的工资
— miserliness
noun [noncount]- the miserliness of the team's owner该队老板的吝啬
miserly
adjective
mi·ser·ly ˈmī-zər-lē 
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser
miserliness noun
Synonyms
Example Sentences
He was given a miserly raise. my brother, who is notoriously miserly, surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab
Recent Examples on the Web Public funding is miserly — putting in only about $1,500 a year per child under the age 5 (by comparison, average per-child expenditure in public schools is over $13,000). 
Elliot Haspel, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 And while other wealthy countries spend an average of $14,000 each year per child on early-childhood care, the U.S. spends a miserly $500. Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022 California’s latest water emergency is forcing residents to dial back their lawn sprinklers, shorten their showers and make other water-miserly changes in their routines. Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Mileage-miserly Japanese cars got a firm foothold in the American market. Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 Germany has blocked arms exports to Ukraine from a NATO ally and offered Kyiv a miserly 5,000 helmets. Adam O’neal, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 The deal Potter offered George Bailey, $20,000 a year for three years, was extraordinarily generous, unthinkable from miserly Ebenezer, an employer who begrudged his clerk a lump of coal. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Dec. 2021 The heartwarming tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s Christmas morning redemption with the help of three time-traveling ghosts has remained a one of the most enduring and popular subjects for holiday entertainment for more than a century. San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021 Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021 See More
Elliot Haspel, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 And while other wealthy countries spend an average of $14,000 each year per child on early-childhood care, the U.S. spends a miserly $500. Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022 California’s latest water emergency is forcing residents to dial back their lawn sprinklers, shorten their showers and make other water-miserly changes in their routines. Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Mileage-miserly Japanese cars got a firm foothold in the American market. Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 Germany has blocked arms exports to Ukraine from a NATO ally and offered Kyiv a miserly 5,000 helmets. Adam O’neal, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022 The deal Potter offered George Bailey, $20,000 a year for three years, was extraordinarily generous, unthinkable from miserly Ebenezer, an employer who begrudged his clerk a lump of coal. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 19 Dec. 2021 The heartwarming tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s Christmas morning redemption with the help of three time-traveling ghosts has remained a one of the most enduring and popular subjects for holiday entertainment for more than a century. San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021 Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1593, in the meaning defined above
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