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    [Adjective]  | "mi*ser*ly" | \ ˈmī-zər-lē \


    1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; especially : marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness


    Origin: 1593 ;

    [Adjective]  | "miserly" 


    1: giving or sharing as little as possible;


      * e.g., " ... my brother, who is notoriously miserly, surprised us when he offered to pick up the tab "





     [ "Miserly" ]

    1: When you ask for a cracker and they give you half. Like the Glossier free samples: something that makes you feel sorry you asked.

      * e.g.,  ... What a miserly little piece of nothing. If they don't want to give any, don't offer any. 

     [ "miserly-angel" ]

    1: Where a woman, to the man's arguably limited perspective, seems both SO generous and yet so ARBITRARY in her offer, such as to induce mental meltdown in the man as a feedback loop he can't process.

      * e.g.,  ... -- So he couldn't understand how she was SO generous and yet so ARBITRARY in her offer, and this is now his major pre-occupation. -- Ah, he feels she's a miserly-angel, and now he worships her. 

     [ "miserlier" ]

    1: Adjective - having less power, influence, or ability.

      * e.g.,  ... The parasite miserlier than most worms 

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