niggardlily

niggardlily adverb: in a niggardly manner.

Adverb

niggardlily (comparative more niggardlily, superlative most niggardlily)

(rare) In a niggardly manner.
- Snea´kingly, pitifully, poorly, niggardlily.1736, N[athan] Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum: Or a More Compleat Universal Etymological English dictionary than Any Extant, the second edition, London: […] T. Cox
- It is the certainty of this that reconciles the Doctrinaires, and even M. Persil, to the amnesty. They will grant it, rather than have it forced upon them by M. Dupin. But they will grant it as late as possible, and as niggardlily as possible, unless the more generous sentiment of Marshal Gerard...1834 October 11, The Morning Chronicle, number 20,319, London

But they will grant it as late as possible, and as niggardlily as possible, unless the more generous sentiment of Marshal Gerard prevail.1834 October 11, The Morning Chronicle, number 20,319, London:
Let us not make them help us niggardlily with clenched teeth, in a mood that might make them gloat over our reverses and our losses, as much as the enemy and his friends.1963 April, “Indian Periodicals”, in Kedar Nath Chatterji, editor, The Modern Review, volume CXIII, number 4 (whole 676), Calcutta, page...

comparative	more niggardlily
superlative	most niggardlily

From niggardly + -ly.

What does niggardlily mean?: Niggardlily means in a niggardly manner.
How do you use niggardlily in a sentence?: But they will grant it as late as possible, and as niggardlily as possible, unless the more generous sentiment of Marshal Gerard prevail.
What part of speech is niggardlily?: Niggardlily is an adverb.

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