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Antonyms for miserly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mahy-zer-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ zər li



Definition of miserly

Origin :
  • 1590s, from miser + -ly (1). Related: Miserliness.
  • adj greedy, stingy
Example sentences :
  • It'll cost him more than he'll ever get from my miserly uncle to repair it.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I admired her charms, and I was delighted to see that she was not miserly in their display.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Ruth remembered what Roberto had said about his miserly grandmother.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • Ruth Fielding was an orphan and came to live with her miserly uncle.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • He was so careful, so—so miserly in some ways, so wildly extravagant in others.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • Mean and miserly as he was, he agreed to this with reluctance, and only as a measure of necessity.
  • Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • Ask her to bear corn or pasture flocks, and she will be miserly and grudging.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • It was not that Uncle Abimelech was miserly or that he grudged us assistance.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • A miserly daw, who would not risk a crown to save the crown.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • The old Librarian was getting a miserly feeling about his books, as he called them.
  • Extract from : « A Mortal Antipathy » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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