Niggardly (6)
I believe the answer is:
stingy
'niggardly' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for stingy that I've seen before include "near" , "Zola cocotte; Darlings' dog (Barrie)" , "Painful" , "Parsimonious like nettle?" , "Patch of nettles is" .)