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Significados de miserly em inglês
(Used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity.
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I don't mean 'nice' the way she means 'nice,' either; don't worry.
2
You cry 'freedom,' but mean 'equal.' You think people really want either?
3
Mr Power said it would mean a great deal to the industry.
4
Variations in testing regimes mean the true number is likely far higher.
5
What will the result mean for the political parties in Northern Ireland?
1
Hayward said that in the longer term, oil market fundamentals remained tight.
2
Security for the senator will be tight in view of recent violence.
3
If you're experiencing similar problems, hold tight the functionality is coming soon.
4
However, political polarization in the country would make it tight, he said.
5
Access to the region remains tight, with no foreign journalists allowed in.
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And there was Wharton, showily pouring his mingy glasses of red, totally unrepentant.
2
Both Al Gore and Bill Bradley ran mingy, whiny, depressing campaigns consumed with personal attacks, self-righteousness, and minutiae.
3
No good giving a mingy salary to a man and expecting to get one who's any good-you've got to have someone who's the tops.
4
That would not cripple her, but it would throw her back on the mercies of the Windfinders, and those seemed to be growing mingy.
5
"Wish the rest of that mingy lot would all vanish in a cursed forest," Carl muttered.
Uso de miserly em inglês
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That was too miserly for the generous Mr Osborne, the workers' friend.
2
I refer to the miserly increase in the standard rate tax band.
3
The emphasis in the semi-finals will be scoring points against miserly defences.
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He had the reputation of being miserly and hard to deal with.
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He went on and on, shaming the congregants for their miserly ways.
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Fox was a Yankee, and miserly and sour to the very core.
7
Ahab was liberal, Joram miserly, nay, he even indulged in usurious practices.
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The earth had been generous to them when our tongues were miserly.
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When you fail to give yourself you make the whole world miserly.
10
But as he got rich, he became miserly and patronised Stendhal's poverty.
11
On the contrary, she began to get miserly as her bank-account grew.
12
Folk had the well-defined opinion that he was selfish, miserly, and hard.
13
Poor, or miserly, or young in years, they should never be disregarded.
14
No one who knew Rodney could regard him as mean or miserly.
15
He is a miserly, inhospitable old fellow who does not like guests.
16
She was not a sordid soul, she had not a miserly nature.
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