niggardlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡədli/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡərdli/

Forms: 1500s nigardlie, 1500s nyggardly, 1500s nyggardlye, 1500s nyggardly, 1500s–1600s nigardly, 1500s–1600s (1900s– English regional) niggerly, 1500s– niggardly, 1600s niggarly; U.S. regional 1900s– niggerly; Irish English 1800s nagerly, 1800s– naygurly, 1800s– niggerly, 1900s– naygerly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard n., -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < niggard n. + -ly suffix¹.

a. Having the nature of a niggard; mean, parsimonious, stingy; (in extended use) unwilling to part with, spend, or use up anything.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]

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fastOE

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chinchy?1406

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parsimonious?1591

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dry-fisted1604

fast-handed1605

fast-fingered1607

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carkingc1620

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hideboundeda1640

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purse-bound1652

close1654

stingy1659

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scanty1692

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gripe-handed1698

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snippy1727

unindulgent1742

shabby1766

neargoinga1774

cheesemongering1781

split-farthing1787

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picked1790

iron-fisted1794

unhandsome1800

scaly1803

nearbegoing1805

tight1805

nippit1808

nipcheese1819

cumin-splitting1822

partan-handed1823

scrimping1823

scrumptious1823

scrimpy1825

meanly1827

skinny1833

pinchfisted1837

mean1840

tight-fisted1843

screwy1844

stinty1849

cheeseparing1857

skinflinty1886

mouly1904

mingy1911

cheapskate1912

picey1937

tight-assed1961

chintzy1964

tightwad1976

1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iii. 50 Brifly we be not niggardly in wordes, ether to shew y^e greatnes of our grief, or to declare our faults, or to blesse the name of god.

1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. 36^v The dronkarde in his state is beastlie,..the coueitous and nigardlie manne to bee reiected.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxv. 12) When the hande is bountifull, the heart may now and then be nigardly.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 72 What a shame is it to young men..to shew themselues so pinching and niggardly in necessary beneuolences.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 Feb. (1974) VIII. 85 They going there..to eat his victuals, knowing him to be a niggardly fellow.

1684 B. Keach Progress of Sin xii. sig. L3 That which you call Prodigality, is but a true Noble and Generous Spirit: We would have you know, Sir, we are no niggardly Curs.

1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies 77 Since the Birth of this Girl, her Father has chang'd his generous beneficent Temper; and as she grew up in Beauty, he grew the more Niggardly.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. iii. 21 He had some few Blemishes in his Heart as well as in his Head, yet being a sneaking, or a niggardly Fellow, was not one of them.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 148 Let us not be niggardly in our exhortation, but let all our fellow prisoners have a share.

1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. xii. 354 I should be sorry miss Portman, from any thing that has passed, should run away with the idea that I am a niggardly husband, or a tyrant.

1831 J. Mackintosh Hist. Eng. II. 104 This hoard..was too great to be formed by frugality, even under the penurious and niggardly Henry.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 83 The Israelites..were perpetually idolatrous, slack or niggardly in the service of Jehovah.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 4/2 Many of the old epicyclics failed solely for the reason that their designers were too niggardly with the wearing surfaces.

1931 J. Gavorse Suetonius' Lives Twelve Caesars iii. 147 He was so niggardly and covetous that he never allowed the companions of his foreign tours and campaigns a salary.

1999 Wisden Cricket Monthly Apr. 6/1 He is revered as a niggardly bowler and an inelegant biffer.

b. Sparing or grudging of. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. Ep. Ded. sig. A4^v I would his humility had not made him niggardly of his name.

1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) ix. 28 Fortune hath been exceeding niggardly to me of her goods.

1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 170 If you look strange and are niggardly of your Drams, you frighten him.

1739 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac 1210 Be not niggardly of what costs the nothing, as courtesy, counsel & countenance.

1806 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 3) II. iii. viii. 209 If the earth had been so niggardly of her produce as to oblige all her inhabitants to labour for it.

1844 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xvii They are niggardly of the reputation which contributes to happiness.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxvii. 224 It had not been our way to build great fires; we were, indeed,..somewhat niggardly of firewood.

1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 600/1 In the conferences which took place he seemed too cautious and niggardly of his reserves.

a. Of actions, qualities, etc.: characteristic of or befitting a niggard; mean, miserly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > marked by or betokening meanness

to the boneOE

niggardly1561

niggard1673

stingy1849

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. i. f. 4 He accused God of lying, enuye, and niggardly grudgyng.

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 430 The heart..by too neere and nigardlie keeping, transgresseth against this lawe of God.

1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 87 That they do not sink into a niggardly or covetous temper.

a1774 O. Goldsmith 33 Let. in Verse & Prose to Mrs Bunbury in Poems (1969) 738 'Tis in vain that at niggardly caution I scold, 'Tis in vain that I flatter the brave and the bold.

1789 B. Franklin Wks. (1840) II. 156 By the niggardly treatment of good masters they have been driven out of the school.

1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer I. xi. 192 I would have it so; between friends, there should be no niggardly reserve, in the way of courtesies.

1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France 149 Where everything..is left to be done by the parish, there is niggardly pinching.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 114 If we treat friends in this niggardly and ungenerous manner.

1909 Polit. Sci. Q. 24 711 As a substantial proprietor of Bank stock, he protested against the niggardly distribution of the Bank's profits.

1953 L. de Wohl Set All Afire iv. 212 I seem to hear voices rising to heaven from India against Your Highness, complaining of your niggardly treatment of her.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities lv. 331 The coachman returned two weeks later with a cache of purloined port and worries about Madame V.'s niggardly nature.

b. Such as a niggard would give; meanly small; scanty; given grudgingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount

narrowOE

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1564 T. Becon Workes Pref. sig. Ci^v Nyggardly, grutching and vnwyllyng almosse.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 27 The niggardliest mouse of biefe will cost him sixpence.

1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 23 As I gathered from their niggardly relations in a broken language.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 383 Ophni retires to his chamber..cursing providence for the niggardly allowance of strength it had bestowed upon him.

1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (viii. 28) 144 Which hath made some think this was but a niggardly Concession of Pharaoh's.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xliv. 271 She said, For her part, she had always thought me a man of sense (A man of sense, Jack! What a niggardly praise!).

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xxi. 291 They came..well provided with admiration..and no niggardly proportion was now dealt out to his fair cousins.

1844 Hood's Mag. 1 124 James laughed; not joyously or humorously, but a little, dry, half starved laugh, lean and hungry–a niggardly laugh.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 295 The most niggardly computation which lies within the bounds of possibility.

1902 W. Cather in New Eng. Mag. Oct. 237/2 His mother dealt him out a niggardly tablespoonful, saying, ‘That's as much as you ought to have at your age, Douglass’.

1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 226 The bath was served only by a gas-burning apparatus which at the best gave a niggardly trickle of warm water.

1989 J. Aiken Blackground iii. 72 I was kept on a niggardly allowance and even that was reduced if my results didn't give satisfaction.

Derivatives

† niggardly-wise adv. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 663 To give niggardly-wise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

niggardlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡədli/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡərdli/

Forms: see niggard adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < niggard adj. + -ly suffix².

Now rare.

In a niggardly manner; parsimoniously, grudgingly, sparingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]

narrowlya1250

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

straitly1340

strait1390

niggardly?1529

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pinchingly1561

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scrimply1690

sneakingly1695

churlishly1875

curmudgeonly1879

skinflintily1899

mingily1958

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. K^v But that she distribute vnto poure folkes & helpe them that haue nede: nor that nygardely but largely.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. iv. sig. Q iii It is not hidde or vnknowen vnto the, how scarsely or nygardly me make prouisyon for cates here.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 26 He is a couetous man that greedily and niggardlye keepeth his owne goodes.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 9 The Spaniards, who in their owne Countries live most niggardly.

1678 T. Shadwell Hist. Timon iv. 63 I offer'd thee all my prosperity—And thou most niggardly deniest me part Of thy Afflictions.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 41 Young heirs that have been niggardly bred generally turn prodigals.

1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. i. i. 14 Since you are possess'd of such a noble Treasure, you should generously make it a Blessing to the World; and not (as a Miser does his Pelf) niggardly hoard it up for your own Contemplation.

1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) II. 261 If midst a vulgar mass his stars unkind Have placed most niggardly a pigmy mind.

1801 B. Thompson tr. A. von Kotzebue Adelaide of Wulfingen ii. 40 He has long coveted my demesnes. When he knows my wants, he will pay but niggardly.

1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry vii. 253 Whose life is niggardly doled to us in twelve short pages.

?1893 N. Gale Orchard Songs 80 Has not the wine run freely in the camp? Or have I niggardly denied the can.

1959 L. Woolf Let. 15 Feb. (1990) 507 I was told that I ought to have said more from the chair and I hope you did not feel that I had treated you niggardly in that way.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niggardly
释义	niggardlyadj. Brit. /ˈnɪɡədli/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡərdli/ Forms: 1500s nigardlie, 1500s nyggardly, 1500s nyggardlye, 1500s nyggardly, 1500s–1600s nigardly, 1500s–1600s (1900s– English regional) niggerly, 1500s– niggardly, 1600s niggarly; U.S. regional 1900s– niggerly; Irish English 1800s nagerly, 1800s– naygurly, 1800s– niggerly, 1900s– naygerly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard n., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < niggard n. + -ly suffix¹. 1. a. Having the nature of a niggard; mean, parsimonious, stingy; (in extended use) unwilling to part with, spend, or use up anything. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Serm. Songe Ezechias iii. 50 Brifly we be not niggardly in wordes, ether to shew y^e greatnes of our grief, or to declare our faults, or to blesse the name of god. 1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. 36^v The dronkarde in his state is beastlie,..the coueitous and nigardlie manne to bee reiected. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxv. 12) When the hande is bountifull, the heart may now and then be nigardly. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 72 What a shame is it to young men..to shew themselues so pinching and niggardly in necessary beneuolences. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 Feb. (1974) VIII. 85 They going there..to eat his victuals, knowing him to be a niggardly fellow. 1684 B. Keach Progress of Sin xii. sig. L3 That which you call Prodigality, is but a true Noble and Generous Spirit: We would have you know, Sir, we are no niggardly Curs. 1723 J. Barker Patch-work Screen for Ladies 77 Since the Birth of this Girl, her Father has chang'd his generous beneficent Temper; and as she grew up in Beauty, he grew the more Niggardly. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. iii. 21 He had some few Blemishes in his Heart as well as in his Head, yet being a sneaking, or a niggardly Fellow, was not one of them. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 148 Let us not be niggardly in our exhortation, but let all our fellow prisoners have a share. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. xii. 354 I should be sorry miss Portman, from any thing that has passed, should run away with the idea that I am a niggardly husband, or a tyrant. 1831 J. Mackintosh Hist. Eng. II. 104 This hoard..was too great to be formed by frugality, even under the penurious and niggardly Henry. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 83 The Israelites..were perpetually idolatrous, slack or niggardly in the service of Jehovah. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 4/2 Many of the old epicyclics failed solely for the reason that their designers were too niggardly with the wearing surfaces. 1931 J. Gavorse Suetonius' Lives Twelve Caesars iii. 147 He was so niggardly and covetous that he never allowed the companions of his foreign tours and campaigns a salary. 1999 Wisden Cricket Monthly Apr. 6/1 He is revered as a niggardly bowler and an inelegant biffer. b. Sparing or grudging of. Now rare. ΚΠ 1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. Ep. Ded. sig. A4^v I would his humility had not made him niggardly of his name. 1663 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (new ed.) ix. 28 Fortune hath been exceeding niggardly to me of her goods. 1735 J. Atkins Voy. Guinea 170 If you look strange and are niggardly of your Drams, you frighten him. 1739 B. Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac 1210 Be not niggardly of what costs the nothing, as courtesy, counsel & countenance. 1806 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 3) II. iii. viii. 209 If the earth had been so niggardly of her produce as to oblige all her inhabitants to labour for it. 1844 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xvii They are niggardly of the reputation which contributes to happiness. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island v. xxvii. 224 It had not been our way to build great fires; we were, indeed,..somewhat niggardly of firewood. 1937 Dict. National Biogr. 1922–30 600/1 In the conferences which took place he seemed too cautious and niggardly of his reserves. 2. a. Of actions, qualities, etc.: characteristic of or befitting a niggard; mean, miserly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > marked by or betokening meanness to the boneOE niggardly1561 niggard1673 stingy1849 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. i. f. 4 He accused God of lying, enuye, and niggardly grudgyng. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. viii. 430 The heart..by too neere and nigardlie keeping, transgresseth against this lawe of God. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 87 That they do not sink into a niggardly or covetous temper. a1774 O. Goldsmith 33 Let. in Verse & Prose to Mrs Bunbury in Poems (1969) 738 'Tis in vain that at niggardly caution I scold, 'Tis in vain that I flatter the brave and the bold. 1789 B. Franklin Wks. (1840) II. 156 By the niggardly treatment of good masters they have been driven out of the school. 1832 J. F. Cooper Heidenmauer I. xi. 192 I would have it so; between friends, there should be no niggardly reserve, in the way of courtesies. 1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France 149 Where everything..is left to be done by the parish, there is niggardly pinching. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 114 If we treat friends in this niggardly and ungenerous manner. 1909 Polit. Sci. Q. 24 711 As a substantial proprietor of Bank stock, he protested against the niggardly distribution of the Bank's profits. 1953 L. de Wohl Set All Afire iv. 212 I seem to hear voices rising to heaven from India against Your Highness, complaining of your niggardly treatment of her. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities lv. 331 The coachman returned two weeks later with a cache of purloined port and worries about Madame V.'s niggardly nature. b. Such as a niggard would give; meanly small; scanty; given grudgingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount narrowOE poor?c1225 scarce1297 straitc1386 feeblea1513 scant1556 niggardly1564 slender1564 limited1590 scanted1594 sparing1602 scantled1604 stinted1629 exiguous1630 unlavished1635 scanty1658 unprofuse1727 costivea1734 incopious1734 niggard1751 jimp1768 skimped1839 stingy1854 restricted1856 niggard-measured1881 1564 T. Becon Workes Pref. sig. Ci^v Nyggardly, grutching and vnwyllyng almosse. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 27 The niggardliest mouse of biefe will cost him sixpence. 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 23 As I gathered from their niggardly relations in a broken language. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iv. 383 Ophni retires to his chamber..cursing providence for the niggardly allowance of strength it had bestowed upon him. 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (viii. 28) 144 Which hath made some think this was but a niggardly Concession of Pharaoh's. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) IV. xliv. 271 She said, For her part, she had always thought me a man of sense (A man of sense, Jack! What a niggardly praise!). 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xxi. 291 They came..well provided with admiration..and no niggardly proportion was now dealt out to his fair cousins. View more context for this quotation 1844 Hood's Mag. 1 124 James laughed; not joyously or humorously, but a little, dry, half starved laugh, lean and hungry–a niggardly laugh. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 295 The most niggardly computation which lies within the bounds of possibility. 1902 W. Cather in New Eng. Mag. Oct. 237/2 His mother dealt him out a niggardly tablespoonful, saying, ‘That's as much as you ought to have at your age, Douglass’. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 226 The bath was served only by a gas-burning apparatus which at the best gave a niggardly trickle of warm water. 1989 J. Aiken Blackground iii. 72 I was kept on a niggardly allowance and even that was reduced if my results didn't give satisfaction. Derivatives † niggardly-wise adv. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 663 To give niggardly-wise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). niggardlyadv. Brit. /ˈnɪɡədli/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡərdli/ Forms: see niggard adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < niggard adj. + -ly suffix². Now rare. In a niggardly manner; parsimoniously, grudgingly, sparingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] narrowlya1250 feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 straitly1340 strait1390 niggardly?1529 nighly1548 pinchingly1561 close-fisted1575 hard1580 niggishly1580 nearly1591 mincingly1593 costively1598 penuriously1616 neara1625 scantingly1627 parsimoniouslya1634 scrapingly1680 stingily1682 scrimply1690 sneakingly1695 churlishly1875 curmudgeonly1879 skinflintily1899 mingily1958 ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. K^v But that she distribute vnto poure folkes & helpe them that haue nede: nor that nygardely but largely. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. iv. sig. Q iii It is not hidde or vnknowen vnto the, how scarsely or nygardly me make prouisyon for cates here. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 26 He is a couetous man that greedily and niggardlye keepeth his owne goodes. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 9 The Spaniards, who in their owne Countries live most niggardly. 1678 T. Shadwell Hist. Timon iv. 63 I offer'd thee all my prosperity—And thou most niggardly deniest me part Of thy Afflictions. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 41 Young heirs that have been niggardly bred generally turn prodigals. 1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. i. i. 14 Since you are possess'd of such a noble Treasure, you should generously make it a Blessing to the World; and not (as a Miser does his Pelf) niggardly hoard it up for your own Contemplation. 1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) II. 261 If midst a vulgar mass his stars unkind Have placed most niggardly a pigmy mind. 1801 B. Thompson tr. A. von Kotzebue Adelaide of Wulfingen ii. 40 He has long coveted my demesnes. When he knows my wants, he will pay but niggardly. 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry vii. 253 Whose life is niggardly doled to us in twelve short pages. ?1893 N. Gale Orchard Songs 80 Has not the wine run freely in the camp? Or have I niggardly denied the can. 1959 L. Woolf Let. 15 Feb. (1990) 507 I was told that I ought to have said more from the chair and I hope you did not feel that I had treated you niggardly in that way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1560adv.?1529
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