a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw. ] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Niggardliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess. [ 1913 Webster ]
Niggardliness is not good husbandry. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a niggard manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Niggardly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Covetous gathering and niggardous keeping. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]