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单词 sparingly
释义

sparing

adjective

spar·​ing ˈsper-iŋ How to pronounce sparing (audio)
1
: marked by or practicing careful restraint (as in the use of resources)
2
: meager, bare
the map is sparing of information
sparingly adverb

Synonyms

  • economical
  • economizing
  • frugal
  • provident
  • scrimping
  • thrifty
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Example Sentences

a sparing couple who are trying to save up enough for a house a government agency that has always been sparing of public information
Recent Examples on the Web Mercy for violence, however, remained more sparing. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sparing

adjective

spar·​ing
ˈsper-iŋ
: careful in the use of money or supplies
I've been sparing with the cornmeal, but it's almost gone … Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
The campers were sparing with the matches.

sparingly

adverb

as in poorly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • poorly
  • cheaply
  • frugally
  • sparely
  • inexpensively
  • economically
  • prudently
  • sensibly
  • meagerly
  • thriftily
  • conservatively
  • moderately
  • reasonably
  • temperately
  • skimpily
  • unpretentiously
  • austerely
  • humbly
  • restrainedly
  • plainly
  • simply
  • modestly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • richly
  • extravagantly
  • lavishly
  • expensively
  • luxuriously
  • sumptuously
  • high
  • opulently
  • impressively
  • magnificently
  • grandly
  • splendidly
  • large
  • ostentatiously
  • imposingly
  • fatly
  • plushly
  • palatially
  • pretentiously
  • pompously
  • grandiosely
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