English-Thai Dictionary

miserly

ADJ ตระหนี่  ขี้เหนียว  งก  frugal stingy generous charitable tre-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISERLY

a.[See Miser. ] Very covetous; sordid; niggardly; parsimonious.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISERLY

Mi "ser *ly, a. Etym: [From Miser. ]

 

Defn: Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

 

Syn. -- Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

miserly

mi ser ly |ˈmīzərlē ˈmaɪzərli | ▶adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser: his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly $1 million. • (of a quantity ) pitiably small or inadequate: last year's miserly growth in sales.

 

Oxford Dictionary

miserly

miser ¦ly |ˈmʌɪzəli | ▶adjective of or characteristic of a miser: his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million. • (of a quantity ) pitiably small or inadequate: the prize for the winner will be a miserly £3,500.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

miserly

miserly adjective 1 his miserly uncle: mean, niggardly, close-fisted, parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, Scroogelike; informal tightfisted, stingy, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, cheap; formal penurious. ANTONYMS generous. 2 the prize is a miserly $300. See meager (sense 1 ). CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See economical . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

miserly

miserly adjective 1 his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly a million: mean, niggardly, parsimonious, close-fisted; penny-pinching, cheese-paring, grasping, greedy, avaricious, Scrooge-like, ungenerous, illiberal, close; ascetic, puritanical, masochistic; informal stingy, mingy, tight, tight-fisted, money-grubbing, money-grabbing; N. Amer. informal cheap; vulgar slang tight-arsed; archaic near. ANTONYMS spendthrift, generous. 2 the prize for the winner of the women's championship will be a miserly £3,500: meagre, inadequate, paltry, limited, insufficient, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, miserable, lamentable, pitiful, puny, niggardly, beggarly; informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS lavish, huge.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

miserly

m í ser ly 形容詞 1 けちな, しみったれた ; 欲の深い .2 わずかな .m í ser li ness 名詞