English | German | |
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niggardly [archaic] | 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) | geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person) | |
miserly; niggardly; piddling; piddly | läppisch; lumpig, lächerlich {adj} [fin.] | |
a miserly one percent per year. | läppische ein Prozent pro Jahr |