miserly

adj

1. Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.

   “miserly habits”

   “miserly offer”

   “He had a miserly attitude toward spending money.”

   “They lived under miserly conditions despite their wealth.”

   “It's something that worries me about the book I'm doing about him... In some ways he's just like the racist caricature of the miserly old Jew.”