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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Niggardliness

/(nĭg"gẽrd*lĭ*nĕs)/ · Nig·gard·li·ness · IPA /nˈɪɡərdliːnəs/
01 n. The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.
    Niggardliness is not good husbandry.” Addison.