As adjectives the difference between miserly and costive
is that miserly is like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money while costive is constipated.
miserly
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Like a miser; very covetous; stingy; cautious with money
Synonyms
* See also
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costive
English
Adjective
(head)
constipated
miserly, parsimonious
Quotations
; constipated (figurative)
* 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 346:
*: Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.