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Definition of Miserly
1. Adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. "He left a miserly tip"
Similar to: Stingy, Ungenerous
Derivative terms: Meanness, Meanness, Minginess, Miser, Miserliness, Tightness
Definition of Miserly
1. a. Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Definition of Miserly
1. Adjective. Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miserly
1. characteristic of a miser [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miserly
Literary usage of Miserly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Side-lights on English Society: Sketches from Life, Social & Satirical by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1883)
"miserly PEERS AND PEERS PARTIALLY INSANE. STINGINESS is a vice or principle,
avarice is a form of madness. There are plenty of Noble Lords who are stingy ..."
2. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"The miserly official found a stone rising a trifle above sixty crowns, and let
it be heard that it was worth upwards of two hundred. ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"The miserly official found a stone rising a trifle above sixty crowns, and let
it be heard that it was worth upwards of two hundred. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Malbec'co, A "cankered, crabbed earl," very wealthy, but miserly and mean.
He seems to be the impersonation of self-inflicted torments. ..."
5. The Life and Stories of the Jaina Savior, Pārçvanātha by Bhāvadevasūri (1919)
"Sundara and his wife continued to live pious and virtuous lives, died peacefully,
and went to heaven (723-890). Story of the miserly merchant ..."
6. Side-lights on English Society, Or Sketches from Life, Social & Satrical: Or by Eustace Clare Grenville Murray (1881)
"miserly PEEKS AND PEERS PARTIALLY INSANE. ... Forty years ago a famous French
miser, the Marquis d'Aligre, was the talk of all Paris; a miserly English lord ..."
7. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Covetous, miserly. Which tlie king thankfully receiving, noting his miserable
nature, and that his pft rather did proceed from hope of ..."
8. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Alison, in The Miller's Tale, one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1588), the young
wife of John, an old carpenter, wealthy, miserly and easily duped. ..."
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