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# miserly

«miserly» in Mova's school dictionary: **very unwilling to spend money or share things; stingy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (miserly; more miserly, most miserly)

### meaning for a pupil

Miserly means very unwilling to spend money or share things; stingy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a rich character who will not give anything away, even when others are in need; in stories the miser is often the one who learns to be kind

### examples

- Simon was rich but would not buy his children a single treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/#x1)
- A miserly king counted his gold every night and gave none to the poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/#x2)
- Do not be miserly with your sweets; share them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/#x3)
- The miserly farmer never paid the workers on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «miserly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miserly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.