2 definitions
for niggardliness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Niggardliness \Nig"gard*li*ness\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd*l[i^]*n[e^]s),
n.
The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or
spending; parsimony; stinginess.
[1913 Webster]
Niggardliness is not good husbandry. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
niggardliness
n : extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardness,
parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness]