Stingy, miserly, cheap, penny pincher, petty . This word appears unrelated to a slang term for people of African descent (nigger from the Latin -> niger -> black ) and probably comes from the Norse-> nigla -> consistently petty
Our house guest accused me of niggardliness when I got him a Busch instead of Heineken.
My niggardly grandfather only ever gave a quarter on my birthday, sans card !
Someone prone to niggardliness might count the pickles on their cheeseburger.
An from old Norse "hnøgger", which means "miserly", "stingy". Despite its similarity to the offensive term "nigger", the two words are not related in any way. Stop jumping to conclusions and open the dictionary.
English buff- "Boy that gentleman at the picnic sure was niggardly."
Ignoramus- "You said "picnic" and "niggerly"! Racist!"
English Buff- "*Sigh*! "Picnic" is from a French word that refers to what we'd call a pot luck, and "niggardly" is from an old Norse word that means "stingy". They have nothing to do with race!"
-Some cotton grew on my backyard so I had to call a Niggardener.
-The other day my Niggardener fell on the pool but he couldnt swim so he drowned.
-One time I caught my Niggardener planting some watermelons on my backyard without my permition. I had to go get the whip.
A poor tip; the act of giving a niggardly tip is to give a minimal, poor, low tip. Not related to the word "nigger" or black people in any way shape or form.
Server: Ugh, those black people just left me a 5% tip...