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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Miserly \Mi"ser*ly\ (m[imac]"z[~e]r*l[y^]), a. [From Miser.] Like a miser; very covetous; avaricious; stingy; sordid; niggardly. [1913 Webster] Syn: Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; avaricious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Miserly \Mi"ser*ly\, a. [From Miser.] Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly. Syn: Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
miserly adj : used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, tight]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
miserly a. Like a miser, very cautious with money.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
miserly a. Like a miser, very cautious with money.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
miserly a. Like a miser, very cautious with money.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
miserly a. Like a miser, very cautious with money.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
miserly Englanti a. saita, pihiFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
miserly Engelska a. girig, gnidigFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ بخيلFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
miserly //ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]скъпернически, стиснат stingy
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]lakomý
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ geizig, knausrig, knauserig, kniepig [Norddt.] , netig [Norddt.] , knorzigFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][Schw.] Note: Person Synonyms: niggardly, penny-pinching, tight-fisted, close-fisted, hard-fisted, stingy, mingy, mean, chintzy, penurious
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ läppisch, lumpig, lächerlichFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ][fin.] "a miserly one percent per year." - läppische ein Prozent pro Jahr Synonyms: niggardly, piddling, piddly
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ παραδόπιστος, τσιγγούνης, φιλάργυροςFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
miserly //ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li//From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]saita, itara, nuuka, pihi stingy
miserly /maizəliː/ avare, avaricieuxFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. कंजूस "Live within your means but don't be miserly."
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ bijedno, jadno, škrt, škrtoFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ 1. zsugori 2. fukar 3. szegényes 4. szûkmarkú 5. fösvény 6. szánalmasFrom English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-ita ]
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ avaroFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
miserly //ˈmaɪ.zə(ɹ).li//From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]けち, 吝嗇 stingy
miserly /maizəliː/ avarusFrom English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
miserly /maizəliː/ gierig, hebzuchtig, inhalig, pinnig, schraperig, vrekkigFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
miserly /ˈmaɪzəlɪ/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]skąpy
miserly /maizəliː/ avarento, avaroFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
miserly /mˈaɪzəli/ 1. cimri, hasis, pinti. miserliness cimrilik, pintilik.From Croatian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:hrv-eng ]
miserly /mˈisɛrlɪ/ bijedno, jadnoFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈmaɪzɝɫi/
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "miserly": Lenten, Spartan, a hog for, abject, abstemious, acquisitive, all-devouring, ascetic, austere, avaricious, avid, bottomless, cheap, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coveting, covetous, devouring, dwarfed, dwarfish, esurient, exiguous, frugal, gluttonous, gobbling, grabby, grasping, greedy, hardfisted, hoggish, ignoble, illiberal, impoverished, infrequent, insatiable, insatiate, jejune, lean, limited, limitless, meager, mean, mercenary, mingy, money-hungry, money-mad, narrow, near, niggardly, omnivorous, overgreedy, paltry, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, piddling, piggish, pinchfisted, pinching, poor, puny, quenchless, rapacious, rare, ravening, ravenous, save-all, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scrawny, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimp, skimping, skimpy, slakeless, slender, slight, slim, small, sordid, spare, sparing, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, starvation, stingy, stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, swinish, thin, tight, tight-fisted, tightfisted, unappeasable, unappeased, ungenerous, unnourishing, unnutritious, unquenchable, unsated, unsatisfied, unslakeable, unslaked, venal, voracious, watered, wateryFrom XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 吝啬的,贪婪的