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niggardly

C2 adj
us /ˈnɪɡɚdli/

niggardly /ˈnɪɡədli/ nghĩa là keo kiệt, bủn xỉn

Các nghĩa

  1. keo kiệt, bủn xỉn

    Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

    [W]here the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly.

    They were not niggardly, these tramps, and he who had money did not hesitate to share it among the rest.

    This manifests itself in an implacable tendency to provide an opulent supply of some things and a niggardly yield of others.

  2. hiếm khi bị ghi điểm (của vận động viên ném bóng)

    Conceding few runs (of a bowler).

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