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.