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sparingness|ˈspɛərɪŋnɪs|
[f. sparing ppl. a.]
The quality of being sparing: a. In respect of diet, living, expenditure, etc.
1579Twyne Phis. agst. Fortune i. xlii. 61 They are most agreable to the auncient sparyngnesse, and the manners of the Romanes. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 370 To the end, that (by the sparingnesse and homelinesse of their diet,) they..might serue for figures of our Sauiour. 1653Holcroft Procopius, Goth. Wars iii. 82 With a provident sparingnesse he gave them food more scarcely then according to their appetite. 1682Norris Hierocles 98 Too much Sparingness [will slide] into Sordidness and Slovenliness. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 411 By these exercises, and the sparingness of their diet. 1731Rape of Helen Pref. p. v, The few books of English poetry which thro' sparingness I have purchased. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vii. §11. 240 A lightness of form and sparingness of material. 1873Helps Anim. & Mast. iii. (1875) 65 It affords a beautiful illustration of the prudence and sparingness of what we call Nature.
b. In other connexions.
1617Moryson Itin. ii. 50 In secrecy, and in sparingnesse of speech. 1671[R. MacWard] True Nonconf. 189 For all your sparingness in passing judgment. 1717L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 138 Courtesy, and Affability, justly modified with Slowness and Sparingness of Words. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 60 A prodigality of words which the fair poetess endeavoured to counterbalance by a corresponding sparingness of idea. 1904Athenæum 2 Apr. 423/3 The artistic selection and sparingness of their inclusions. |