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• s  (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
  he left a miserly tip

• The elder Gulbenkian, as miserly as his son was profligate, employed Nubar for a time without salary.
• Gratuity can be a tricky business: what's just right in one country can be miserly--or extravagant--in another.
• The state had just lost its bid for a $500 million Airbus plant; Sanford was widely accused of making a miserly effort to lure the aerospace giant.

• mean
• mingy
• tight

News & Articles

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• Opinions mixed on whether Marlins should move Giancarlo Stanton
  Major League Baseball's trade deadline is still more than a month away, but already the rumor mill has begun to hum. No player has generated as much early noise as Miami Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco. The 30-year-old Nolasco is certain to be dealt, for a number of reasons, among them that he is a proven middle-of-the-rotation starter, he is by far the highest-paid player on an infamously miserly ...
  June 29, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Ben Reiter: Should Marlins trade Giancarlo Stanton? Rival execs weigh in
  Major League Baseball's trade deadline is still more than a month away, but already the rumor mill has begun to hum. No player has generated as much early noise as Miami Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco. The 30-year-old Nolasco is certain to be dealt, for a number of reasons, among them that he is a proven middle-of-the-rotation starter, he is by far the highest-paid player on an infamously miserly ...
  June 28, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Bob Brown in Ninemsn
  That's not enough,Senator Brown told reporters in Perth. "It's a miserly fob off for the need for pensioners to get a reasonable rise so they can face the soaring costs for food, for rentals, for transport and for health."
• Fidel Castro in San Jose Mercury News
  I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger,Castro told his countrymen. "I despise the kind of existence that clings to the miserly trifles of comfort and self-interest."
• Chris Koster in News-Leader.com
  There is no other state in the country that is as miserly as Missouri,Koster told a Senate panel last week. "This is how conservatives add credibility to our insistence that these people go out and work at Sheraton, at McDonald's."