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sparely, adv.|ˈspɛəlɪ|
[f. spare a. Cf. OE. spærlíce, MDu. spare-, spaerlike, MLG. sparlike, OHG. sparalîhho (MHG. sperlîche, G. spärlich), ON. sparliga (MSw. sparlika).]
1. In a sparing, frugal, or stinted manner; not fully, amply, or copiously.
1559Decl. Doctr. in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. viii. 118 Indeed we do think that discreet ministers will speak sparely and circumspectly of them. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxvii. 25 By their lyving sparely, they have alwais enough. 1601Holland Pliny I. 98 It is drunke vp, and therefore floweth more sparely. 1637Milton Lycidas 138 Ye valleys low..On whose fresh lap the swart Star sparely looks. 1784Cowper Task iv. 379 They..find at eve, Ill clad and fed but sparely, time to cool. 1840Hood Kilmansegg, Honeymoon xxx, He drank—the reverse of sparely. 1867A. Barry Sir C. Barry iv. 101 Ornament is sparely applied.
2. Thinly; sparsely.
1836[Jas. Grant] Recoll. Ho. of Lords viii. 153 He is thin and sparely made, with a sallow complexion. 1841C. Mackay Longbeard ii, His hair..hung sparely over his temples. |