miserly

Their tartness and strictness and miserliness had made the life of the girls in the school uncomfortable for some time.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island|Janet D. Wheeler
That institution has for twenty-six years been crying shame on miserliness and cupidity.
Brave Men and Women|O.E. Fuller
We must show him that we despise his miserliness and meanness.
Practical Ethics|William DeWitt Hyde
But then, old Jacob Patterson was noted as much for his surliness as for his miserliness.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery

Does economic theory throw any light on the ethics of miserliness?
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter

British Dictionary definitions for miserliness

miserly

/ (ˈmaɪzəlɪ) /

adjective

of or resembling a miser; avaricious

Derived Formsmiserliness, noun

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Word Origin and History for miserliness

miserly

adj.

1590s, from miser + -ly (1). Related: Miserliness.