Word "MISERLY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
Synonyms:
mean, mingy, tight
Examples:
he left a miserly tip

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Penny-pinching Frenchman is ahead of schedule after leaving area (7)
Left in sadness, Scrooge-like (7)
Tight-fisted, mean (7)
Mean to be left in despair (7)
Left in despair - that's mean (7)
Practically untouchable (7)
Left in despair - like Ebenezer? (7)
Mum is ahead of time, but not as close The Telegraph Toughie 15 Jul 2022
Stingy Canadiana 24 May 2021
Tight-fisted The Times Concise 02 May 2021
Mean, tight Irish Times Simplex 24 Apr 2021
In Micawber's overspent state a pound is ungenerous
Ungenerous to be left in wretchedness
Left in distress, giving little away The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Oct 2018
Mean Wall Street Journal 04 Jan 2018
Far from philanthropic The Washington Post Sunday 08 Oct 2017
Like Jack Benny, famously Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2017
Unhappy person hoards pounds, being this?
Parsimonious The Telegraph Quick 22 Feb 2016
Scroogelike
Tight
Stingy
Stingy
Like Scrooge McDuck
Cheap
Penny-pinching
Tight
Closefisted
Wanting as much change as possible?
Like Silas Marner
Stingy
Cheap
Penny-pinching
Penurious
Close
Tight
Like Silas Marner.
Parsimonious.
Scroogelike.
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