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Example sentences for: niggardly

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Mayor Anthony Williams of Washington, D.C., accepted the resignation of an aide for using the word "niggardly ." Williams is black; the aide, David Howard, is white.
3) Howard says the episode was "really not about me or the use of the word niggardly.
2) In a meeting with two colleagues, Howard said, "I will have to be niggardly with this fund because it's not going to be a lot of money."
The editorial deplores the resignation of a white Washington, D.C., mayoral aide for uttering the word "niggardly" in a financial management meeting.
The conservative Daily Telegraph called the decision "overdue"; the liberal Guardian said the government's response to the refugee crisis has been "slow and niggardly."