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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.
The editorial deplores the resignation of a white Washington, D.C., mayoral aide for uttering the word "niggardly" in a financial management meeting.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams decided to rehire a white aide who had resigned for using the word "niggardly."
The Post notes that "niggardly" is etymologically completely unrelated to "nigger" (it has Middle English roots and means stingy) and says that if in fact the man used the word innocently and in its correct context, then the loss of his job is "truly remarkable."