I don't mean to be offensive but can't we tell the difference between how a word is used?

[hlthe2b]

6. Unfortunately yes.... But we've seen this here when the term "niggardly" was correctly used

to mean "stingy". The connotations of being confused with the "N" word are so great, I'd have used the word "stingy" for sure, but then the post was not quoting a very famous and well-known carol. Sadly, though, many of these older words and older usages are problematic enough with many in the population, that this kind of "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situation develops. At least Hallmark has been responsive.

nig·gard·ly
ˈnigərdlē/
adjective
adjective: niggardly

1.
not generous; stingy.
"serving out the rations with a niggardly hand"
synonyms: cheap, mean, miserly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheeseparing, grasping, ungenerous, illiberal; More
informalstingy, tight, tightfisted
"a niggardly person"
antonyms: generous
meager; scanty.
"their share is a niggardly 2.7 percent"
synonyms: meager, inadequate, scanty, scant, skimpy, paltry, sparse, insufficient, deficient, short, lean, small, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny; More
informalmeasly, stingy, pathetic, piddling
"niggardly rations"
antonyms: lavish, abundant

adverb
archaic
adverb: niggardly

1.
in a stingy or meager manner.