sparing
Origin of sparing
1Other words for sparing
Other words from sparing
- spar·ing·ly, adverb
- spar·ing·ness, noun
- non·spar·ing, adjective
- o·ver·spar·ing, adjective
- o·ver·spar·ing·ness, noun
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How to use sparing in a sentence
To make up for this defect—if sparingness in words be really a defect—I have written the following pages.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868) | Arminius VmbryBooks are cold, jejune, vexatious in their sparingness of information at one time and their impertinent loquacity at another.
Arthur Mervyn | Charles Brockden BrownHabits of modesty and of sparingness might perhaps deprive the world of as much wealth as they would save.
Laurus Nobilis | Vernon LeeIt is not your sin—it is your self-satisfaction that crieth unto heaven; your very sparingness in sin crieth unto heaven!
Thus Spake Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche
British Dictionary definitions for sparing
/ (ˈspɛərɪŋ) /
(sometimes foll by with or of) economical or frugal (with)
scanty; meagre
merciful or lenient
Derived forms of sparing
- sparingly, adverb
- sparingness, noun
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