In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly" ...

The words niggard and niggardly are etymologically unrelated to the highly offensive and inflammatory racial slur euphemistically referred to as the N-word, ...

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective niggardly. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

a meanly covetous and stingy person : miser niggard adjective Usage of Niggard and Niggardly The words niggard and niggardly are etymologically unrelated to ...

The words niggard and niggardly are often misinterpreted as racial slurs because they sound like what is probably the most offensive word in the English ...

niggard, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Niggardly definition: reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.. See examples of NIGGARDLY used in a sentence.

This term may cause offence, especially in the US, as it is easily confused with niggerly, an adjectival form of the racial slur nigger.

26 окт. 2019 г. · From Wikipedia: In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the word niggardly, an adjective meaning 'stingy' or ...

3 meanings: 1. stingy or ungenerous 2. meagre 3. stingily; grudgingly.... Click for more definitions.