niggardly

Grudging and petty in giving or spending.

Meanly small; scanty or meager.

In the manner of a niggard; sparingly; parsimoniously.

Like a niggard; sordidly parsimonious or sparing; close-fisted; stingy: as, a niggardly person.

Characteristic of a niggard; meanly parsimonious; scanty: as, niggardly entertainment; niggardly thrift.

Synonyms Parsimonious, Stingy, etc.(see penurious), illiberal, close-fisted, saving, chary.

Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

In a niggard manner.

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

In a parsimonious way; sparingly, stingily.