4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [Obs.] Hooker.

Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.

Mis"er*a*ble, n. A miserable person. [Obs.] Sterne.

Mis"er*a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being miserable.

Mis"er*a*bly, adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly;

meanly.

They were miserably entertained.

Sir P. Sidney.

The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.

South.

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