Antonym: generous. Similar words: misery, miserable, commiserate, commiseration, elderly, orderly, formerly, properly. Meaning: ['maɪzəlɪ] 
adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
adj. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. 
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1. A miserly father makes a prodigal son. 
2. He is miserly with both his time and his money.
3. We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise.
4. Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.
5. A miserly offer is unlikely to be accepted.
6. So, for a start, be miserly about tomato paste in meat sauces for pasta.
7. Awarded a miserly 85% on Issue 66, on budget it's worth far, far more.
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8. The First World's miserly materialism is enough to make any honest seeker yearn for a new alternative or age.
9. Dallas Stymies Kings, 5-1 Hockey: Stars play a miserly defense and score four times on power play and once short-handed.
10. Too many customers are alienated by our miserly attitude to compensation for mistakes that we made.
11. Nobody was more surprised than Neeld when his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly ￡1 million, mostly in cash.
12. He left a miserly tip.
13. Because my man is right I am very miserly.
14. A miserly father make a prodigal son.
15. Her father is very rich and miserly.
16. He is more miserly than economical.
17. Low - flush toilets and miserly showerheads mandated in 1992 produced years of consumer grumbling and disobedience.
18. He is so miserly he won't buy things he relly needs.
19. Now, my uncle seemed so miserly that I was struck dumb by this sudden generosity.
20. Inn host is very miserly, what give everyday is dietary and very few.
21. Sim did a phenomenal job presenting the heartless, miserly, self - centered Scrooge.
22. He is wise and miserly and you cannot skin him out of money.
23. Lying on his deathbed the rich, miserly old man calls to his longsuffering wife.
24. She's so miserly that she won't give anything to anyone.
25. Old Crumwallis won't notice I've had more than his miserly allowance.
26. His action has already caused the premature death of 700,000 birds with miserly compensation to owners.
27. Even the lower rate makes the offerings from other high street banks look miserly.
28. In 10 years with Llanelli his grand total of games was a miserly 260.
29. From then on the reader, too, is alert for him, doffing his robe to dance, dominating the tiltyard, until in 1509 he throws the windows open and sweeps his father's miserly dreariness away.
30. Each panellist who has agreed to have their Internet grazing habits monitored will be paid a seemingly miserly fee of $50 a year.
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