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Old Oct 15th, 2007, 11:57 PM       
"Niggardly" (noun: "niggard") is an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", related to the Norwegian verb nigle. It is cognate with "niggling", meaning "petty" or "unimportant", as in "the niggling details"

"That man is acting niggardly"
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