niggardly (adj.)
- abstemious
- ascetic
- austere
- bountiful
- cheeseparing
- chinchy
- chintzy
- close
- closefisted
- dwarfish
- exiguous
- frugal
- grudging
- illiberal
- impoverished
- infrequent
- jejune
- lean
- limited
- little
- meager
- mean
- mingy
- miserly
- narrow
- paltry
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penurious
- petty
- piddling
- poor
- puny
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scattered
- scrawny
- scrimpy
- shabby
- skimpy
- slender
- slight
- slim
- small
- sordid
- spare
- sparing
- sparse
- spotty
- stingy
- stinted
- stunted
- thin
- tight
- tightfisted
- unchivalrous
- ungenerous
- watered
- watery
Of a rich man who was niggardly he said, "That man does not own his estate, but his estate owns him."
