Sentence example with the word 'sparingly'

sparingly

cannily, charily, frugally, in moderation, moderately, providently, punily, slightly, sparsely, temperately, thriftily, within compass

Definition adv. to a meager degree or in a meager manner

Last update: August 25, 2015


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They drank sparingly and spoke in whispers.   [Please select]

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_Cultivated-field habitat:_ Cleared fields occur only sparingly in the regions visited, and these fields are small in size.   [Please select]

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This is the rich champaign land, in which large trees are more sparingly scattered, and which is chiefly devoted to the purposes of agriculture.   [Please select]

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The legislator gave great attention to encourage a habit of eating sparingly, as very useful to the citizens.   [Please select]

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Out of the Russian ballet I hardly remember seeing a girl more sparingly attired.   [Please select]

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Abdomen ovate, the scale of the petiole incrassate, somewhat wedge-shaped when viewed sideways, the abdomen sparingly sprinkled with long pale hairs.   [Please select]

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Abdomen smooth and shining, delicately and sparingly punctured, with a few silvery hairs at the sides.   [Please select]

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It may be they did not speak at all, or very sparingly.   [Please select]

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He helped himself sparingly, then he called the Mashona boy to take the dishes away.   [Please select]

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Burleigh and Lowery (1942:200) stated that "the Robin apparently breeds rather sparingly on the higher ridges" in southeastern Coahuila.   [Please select]

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In the lockers he found an abundance of food of all kinds, as the ship had been equipped for a long voyage, and he ate hungrily, though sparingly at first.   [Please select]

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