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[syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Niggardliness \Nig"gard*li*ness\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd*l[i^]*n[e^]s),
   n.
   The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or
   spending; parsimony; stinginess.
   [1913 Webster]
         Niggardliness is not good husbandry.     --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
niggardliness
    n 1: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
         niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
         parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
         closeness]