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Feb 12, 2012
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nig•gard•ly



Pronunciation: (nig'urd-lē), [key]
—adj.
1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter.

—adv.
in the manner of a niggard.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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