2 uses
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Definition
of a person: excessively disinclined to part with money
of an amount: less than is appropriate
of an amount: less than is appropriate
- He is vulnerable to reason there—always a few grains of common-sense in an ounce of miserliness.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (44% in)
- Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.Book 1 — Miss Brooke (44% in)
There are no more uses of "miserly" in Middlemarch.
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