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miserly
adjective
disapprovinguk /ˈmaɪ.zəl.i/ us /ˈmaɪ.zɚ.li/
miserlyadjective (PERSON)
like or typical of a miser: 守财奴似的;吝啬鬼似的;吝啬的，小气的
a miserly person吝啬的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mean with money
begrudge
cheapskate
cheeseparing
chintzy
frugal
frugally
miser
miserliness
money grabber
money-grubber
money-grubbing
penuriously
pinchpenny
scrooge
skinflint
stingily
tight
tightwad
ungenerous
ungenerously
miserlyadjective (AMOUNT)
A miserly amount is extremely small: 极少的，极小的
The workers are paid a miserly $2 a day.工人们每天才挣极少的2美元。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Small amounts of money
a drop in the oceanidiom
bagatelle
bobbin
chickenfeed
chump change
drop
microcredit
mountain biking
not a red centidiom
paltry
peanut
pennyworth
pittance
pocket money
princely
red
shrapnel
sou
trifling
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miserliness
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