Miserlily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a miserly manner.

    "I would be seated so cozily by your side, with Molly (kiss her for me, won’t you ?) on my knee, while we would chat, and laugh, and miserlily count over our hoards of pleasant memories."

Example

More examples

"I would be seated so cozily by your side, with Molly (kiss her for me, won’t you ?) on my knee, while we would chat, and laugh, and miserlily count over our hoards of pleasant memories."

Etymology

From miserly + -ly.

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