What (who) is niggardly - definition
INCIDENTS DUE TO SIMILARITIES WITH THE WORD "NIGGER"
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![“The Niggardly Nigger”, a [[coon song]] from 1900 using both words.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niggardly.jpg?width=200 "“The Niggardly Nigger”, a [[coon song]] from 1900 using both words.")
niggardly
adj. (lit.) niggardly in
Niggardly
·adv In a niggard manner.
II. Niggardly ·adj Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
niggardly
¦ adjective ungenerous; mean.
?meagre and given grudgingly.
¦ adverb archaic in a mean or meagre manner.
Derivatives
niggardliness noun
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Controversies about the word niggardly
In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people. The two words are etymologically unrelated. Niggardly, arising in the Middle Ages, long predates nigger, which arose in the 18th century.
Examples of use of niggardly
1. "It highlights how niggardly they are on social spending," Mr Kroeber said.
2. He had done splendidly in his comeback seeing off the niggardly wind–ups.
3. "While we make every effort to mobilise resources for launching new construction projects, we display a remarkably niggardly attitude when it comes to routine maintenance," he said.
4. Shernmaker‘s readers, on the other hand, certainly read books, but his scraps of praise "were so niggardly to the writers he scrutinised that he was held by some to be an equally ineffective medium". Do reviews sell books?