What does the word ********* mean?

Question

i know the word niggardly doesn't me the n word, but what does it mean?

Answer 1

GOOGLE DOT FREAKING COM, would have saved a lot of people a lot of trouble. Though admittedly entertaining.

Answer 2

It means ********.

Answer 3

stingy, miserly, penny-pinching

Answer 4

It means "excessively frugal", or "cheap".  

It is not, and has never been a racist term.  It's existence in the English language predates the slave trade.  

Answer 5

It means petty, miserly, reluctant to spend money

Answer 6

scant, very little, petty, withholding, meager...  

Answer 7

Not willing to spend, give or share.  Cheap, Scant, Meager.

Answer 8

is this a trick question?

Answer 9

It means

Grudging and petty in giving or spending.

Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.

nig'gard·li·ness n., nig'gard·ly adv.

It also means in the manner of a niggard.  A niggard is  an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.  

  

[Origin: 1325–75; ME nyggard, equiv. to nig niggard (< Scand; cf. dial. Sw nygg; akin to OE hnéaw stingy)

Answer 10

Don't think there IS a word spelled "nigadly"