niggardly

1. 1.

   petty or reluctant in giving or spending

   “a niggardly tip”

   Synonymsgrudgingscrimy

   Similarstingy

Questions about niggardly

What does niggardly mean?

niggardly means "petty or reluctant in giving or spending".

How many syllables are in niggardly?

niggardly has 3 syllables: nig-gard-ly. The stress falls on "nig". In IPA it is /ˈnɪɡɚdli/.

What is another word for niggardly?

Close synonyms include grudging, scrimy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is niggardly a common word?

niggardly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.