Miserly

Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like.

Tom is miserly.

Layla is just miserly.

The principal was always miserly with words.

He's miserly.

Inside yourself, outside yourself, you'll fall from the zenith to the nadir, for that was your destiny, your miserly destiny.

Because Tom, who didn't have his key with him, was too miserly to ring the locksmith, he broke into his own flat.

Don't be so miserly.

He's miserly, ambitious, and authoritarian.

A generous person enriches themselves by giving; a miserly person impoverishes themselves by taking.