sparingly
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Definition
Adverb: - To a meager degree or in a meager manner: Using or consuming only a small, limited, or necessary amount; with restraint or frugality.
Usage
The adverb "sparingly" describes the manner of doing something with great restraint, using only a minimal or essential amount. It is commonly used to advise caution in consumption or application.
Examples
- Adverb:
- Use the expensive saffron sparingly to make it last.
- He spoke sparingly about his personal life, preferring to keep it private.
- Water is a precious resource in the desert, so it must be used sparingly.
Advanced Usage
- "to be sparingly endowed": to be provided with only a limited or scant amount of something.
- The region is sparingly endowed with mineral wealth, which affects its economy.
Variants and Related Words
- Spare (verb): To refrain from harming or destroying; to give away something one does not need.
- Spare (adjective): Additional to what is required; lean or thin.
- Sparseness/Sparsity (noun): The state of being thinly dispersed or scattered.
Synonyms
- Meagerly: In a meager or inadequate manner.
- Frugally: In a way that uses resources economically.
- Scantily: In a way that is barely sufficient or limited.
- Moderately: To a certain extent; not excessively.
Antonyms
- Abundantly: In large quantities; plentifully.
- Lavishly: In a rich, elaborate, or generous manner.
- Extravagantly: In a manner that lacks restraint in spending or use.
- Generously: In a way that shows a readiness to give more than is necessary.
Related Phrases
- To use sparingly: A common instruction advising minimal application or consumption.
- Apply the fertilizer to the plants sparingly to avoid burning the roots.
Adverb
- to a meager degree or in a meager manner
- these voices are meagerly represented at the conference
- the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources