BEOLINGUS
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niggardly [archaic] [listen] sparsam {adv}

to sip niggardly at your glass sparsam an seinem Glas nippen

miserly; niggardly; penny-pinching; tight-fisted; close-fisted; hard-fisted; stingy; mingy [Br.]; mean [Br.]; chintzy [Am.] [coll.]; penurious [formal]; screwy [dated] [coll.] (of a person) [listen] [listen] geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person) [listen]

miserly; niggardly; piddling; piddly [listen] läppisch; lumpig, lächerlich {adj} [fin.]

a miserly one percent per year. läppische ein Prozent pro Jahr