1ADJ-GRADED 吝啬的;小气的 If you describe someone as miserly, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. 吝啬的;小气的 [disapproval]
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]极少的;少得可怜的 If you describe an amount of something as miserly, you are critical of it because it is very small. 极少的;少得可怜的 [disapproval]
Being a student today with miserly grants and limited career prospects is difficult.