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Definition: Sparingly |
SparinglyAdverb1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sparingly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: SparinglySynonyms: meagerly (adv), meagrely (adv), slenderly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: amply (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Economy | Adverb: sparingly; Adjective: ne quid nimis. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sparingly |
| English words defined with "sparingly": caraway, costmary ♦ diet ♦ economise, economize ♦ hyssop ♦ Longmynd rocks ♦ Magnolia grandiflora ♦ pagoda tree, Plumeria alba ♦ save, scant, skimp, stint ♦ Tellurite ♦ West Indian jasmine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sparingly": Food guide pyramid ♦ Good deal, Great deal ♦ Partake, Pell-mell ♦ RUMEX CRISPUS, RUTA CHALAPENSIS ♦ Weren't. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fruit can act as a natural laxative and should be eaten sparingly. (references) | |
Economic History | Sri Lanka | The Government has also requested the public to consume power sparingly and has imposed a 25 percent surcharge. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sparingly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sparingly" is used about 149 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 149 | 25,810 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sparingly": ad sparingly ♦ sparingly soluble. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "sparingly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | me masë (rational). (various references) | |
Arabic | بزهد, بإعتدال (evenly, middling, moderately, reasonably), بشح, ببخل (meanly). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | умерено (fairly, mezzo), оскъдно (low, meanly, scantily), пестеливо (carefully, economically, frugally, near). (various references) | |
Chinese | 愛惜 (cherish, treasure, use sparingly). (various references) | |
Czech | střídmì, šetrnì (frugally, gently, near). (various references) | |
Finnish | säästäen (economically), niukasti (scantily, time is short), niukalti (scantily). (various references) | |
French | frugalement, chichement, avec parcimonie, avec modération. (various references) | |
German | sparsam (canny, economical, economically, frugal, fugal, parsimonious, parsimoniously, saving, spare, sparing, thriftily, thrifty). (various references) | |
Greek | με φειδώ, με οικονομία, ανάρια ανάρια, οικονομικά φειδωλά. (various references) | |
Hungarian | takarékosan (economically, frugally, thriftily, to economize), alig (barely, by the skin of one's, faint, hardly, hardly ever, imperceptibly, just, little or not at all, narrowly, only just, scantily, scarcely, slightly). (various references) | |
Korean | "물게 (seldom, uncommonly). (various references) | |
Manx | dy spaarailagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aringlyspay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | parcamente, frugalmente (providently), com moderação, com limitação. (various references) | |
Russian | умеренно (abstemiously, in moderation, moderately, reasonably, sparely, temperately), скудно (scantly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | umereno (moderately), oskudno (poorly, thinly), štedljivo (frugally). (various references) | |
Spanish | escasamente (barely, scantily, scarcely), económicamente (economically). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | parce. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Touto de o speirwn feidomenwV feidomenwV kai qerisei kai o speirwn ep eulogiaiV ep eulogiaiV kai qerisei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Hoc autem qui parce seminat parce et metet et qui seminat in benedictionibus de benedictionibus et metet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For Y seie this thing, he that sowith scarseli, schal also repe scarseli; and he that sowith in blessyngis, schal `repe also of blessyngis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | This yet remember howe that he which soweth lytell shall reepe lytell: and he yt soweth plenteously shall reepe plenteously. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But this I say, He who soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly; and he who soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 9, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Karon timan-i ninyo kini: siya nga nagapugas ug tagidyot magaani ug diriuot, siya nga nagapugas ug dinaghan magaani ug daghan. |
| Chinese | 少 種 的 少 " 、 多 種 的 多 " ． 這 話 是 真 的 。 |
| Croatian | Ta eno: tko sije oskudno, oskudno æe i žeti; a tko sije obilato, obilato æe i žeti. |
| Danish | Men dette siger jeg: Den, som sår sparsomt, skal også høste sparsomt, og den, som sår med Velsignelser, skal også høste med Velsignelser. |
| Dutch | En dit zeg ik: Die spaarzamelijk zaait, zal ook spaarzamelijk maaien; en die in zegeningen zaait, zal ook in zegeningen maaien. |
| Finnish | Huomatkaa tämä: joka niukasti kylvää, se myös niukasti niittää, ja joka runsaasti kylvää, se myös runsaasti niittää. |
| French | Sachez-le, celui qui sème peu moissonnera peu, et celui qui sème abondamment moissonnera abondamment. |
| German | Ich meine aber das: Wer da kärglich sät, der wird auch kärglich ernten; und wer da sät im Segen, der wird auch ernten im Segen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ingatlah! Orang yang menabur benih sedikit-sedikit akan memungut hasil yang sedikit juga. Tetapi orang yang menabur benih banyak-banyak akan memungut hasil yang banyak juga. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi ingatlah perkataan ini: Orang yang menabur berdikit-dikit, ia akan menuai berdikit-dikit juga, dan orang yang menabur dengan lebihnya, ia akan menuai dengan lebihnya juga. |
| Italian | Tenete a mente che chi semina scarsamente, scarsamente raccoglier e chi semina con larghezza, con larghezza raccoglier . |
| Latvian | Bet to es saku: kas skopi sçj, tas skopi pïaus; un kas svçtîgi sçj, tas svçtîgi pïaus. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko taku ia tenei, He torutoru a tetahi i rui ai, he torutoru ano ana e kokoti ai; a ko te mea he maha ana i rui ai, he maha ano ana e kokoti ai. |
| Norwegian | Men dette sier jeg: Den som karrig sår, skal karrig høste, og den som sår med velsignelser, skal høste med velsignelser. |
| Portuguese | Mas digo isto: Aquele que semeia pouco, pouco também ceifará; e aquele que semeia em abundância, em abundância também ceifará, |
| Rumanian | Sq wtiyi: cine samqnq puyin, puyin va secera; iar cine samqnq mult, mult va secera. |
| Russian | рТЙ УЕН УЛБЦХ: ЛФП УЕЕФ УЛХ П, ФПФ УЛХ П Й ПЦОЕФ; Б ЛФП УЕЕФ ЭЕ"ТП, ФПФ ЭЕ"ТП Й ПЦОЕФ. |
| Shuar | ¶ Tura junasha paant Tájarme: ishichik araana nu ishichik Júuktatui. Núkap araana nusha Núkap Júuktatui. Kuit Súsatniusha Núniskete. |
| Spanish | Y digo esto: El que siembra escasamente cosechará escasamente, y el que siembra con generosidad también con generosidad cosechará. |
| Swahili | Kumbukeni: "Apandaye kidogo huvuna kidogo; apandaye kwa wingi huvuna kwa wingi." |
| Swedish | Besinnen detta: den som sår sparsamt, han skall ock skörda sparsamt; men den som sår rikligt, han skall ock skörda riklig välsignelse. |
| Uma | ¶ Penonoi lolita tohe'i: To mohawu' hangkedi', hangkedi' wo'o-wadi-hawo to napepae. To mohawu' wori', wori' wo'o-hawo to napepae. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "sparingly": unsparingly. (additional references) | |
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"Sparingly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: purringly, searingly, soaringly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sparingly" (pronounced spe"ringlē) |
| 5 | -r i ng l ē | admiringly, reassuringly. |
| 4 | -i ng l ē | accordingly, accusingly, agonizingly, alarmingly, amazingly, amusingly, appallingly, appealingly, approvingly, astonishingly, astoundingly, breathtakingly, charmingly, chillingly, compellingly, confusingly, convincingly, correspondingly, demandingly, depressingly, devastatingly, disappointingly, disarmingly, jokingly, kiddingly, knowingly, laughingly, disparagingly, distressingly, disturbingly, embarrassingly, exceedingly, excruciatingly, fittingly, fleetingly, frighteningly, frowningly, frustratingly, glowingly, grudgingly, haltingly, hauntingly, increasingly, interestingly, intriguingly, longingly, lovingly, maddeningly, menacingly, misleadingly, movingly, numbingly, obligingly, overwhelmingly, painstakingly, pleasingly, refreshingly, resoundingly, screamingly, seemingly, shockingly, smilingly, soothingly, sportingly, startlingly, strikingly, stunningly, surprisingly, tantalizingly, tellingly, threateningly, unfailingly, unhesitatingly, unknowingly, unsurprisingly, unthinkingly, unwillingly, unwittingly, warningly, willingly, wittingly. |
| 3 | -ng l ē | kingly, Langley, gangly, strongly, wrongly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: raspingly. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: graplins, palsying, sparling, splaying, spraying, springal. | |
-2 letters: angrily, graplin, lapsing, palings, parings, parling, parsing, playing, praying, rasping, sapling, slaying, spangly, sparing, spaying, springy, syringa. | |
-3 letters: algins, aligns, argils, gainly, glairs, glairy, gnarls, gnarly, grails, grains, grainy, grisly, inlays, lapins, lasing, laying, liangs, ligans, lingas, lyings, lysing, paling, paring, paying, plains, plying, prangs, prying. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-n-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: graspingly, paralysing, pargylines. | |
+2 letters: unsparingly. | |
+3 letters: appraisingly, despairingly, playwritings, redisplaying, surpassingly. | |
+4 letters: disparagingly, dispraisingly. | |
+5 letters: disapprovingly, exasperatingly, laryngoscopies, playwrightings. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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