adjective (written, disapproving)
1 unwilling to be generous with money, time, etc:
a niggardly attitude
2 (of a gift or an amount of money) not worth much and given unwillingly:
a niggardly allowance
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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