Both Uses of
miserly
in
Anna Karenina
- The peasants asked him for some meadowland, I think it was, at a cheaper rate, and he refused, and I accused him of being miserly.†
Part 6 *
- Of course it was not really because of that, but everything together, he began this hospital to prove, do you see, that he was not miserly about money.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(miserly) of a person: excessively disinclined to part with money
of an amount: less than is appropriate