sparely
- adverb
- /ˈspɛrli/
:
con moderación
- Both men are gray-haired; both are sparely made.
- sparely furnished
- sparely written
Examples
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The room was decorated sparely, with just a simple table and a chair.
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He lives sparely, using only the essentials to get by.
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"Here too he set out the facts sparely, as he had done for the Bureau."
Fiction book (1998) -
Gilbert was dark-haired, five feet eight inches tall, and sparely made.
Fiction book (1993) -
To hear her talk, this quiet, sparely furnished rental was Saint Anthony's own wilderness.
Fiction book (1991) -
I bought this Nudie green juice and it's Kiwi, passion fruit, celery, cucumber, sparely enough, kale and more.
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Both the sparely rendered interior and exterior surfaces lacked the sculptural excesses more typical of major temple constructions (Fig. 1).
Academic text (2008) -
The service followed the simplest Anglican rites, and the village pastor, as he likes to be called, began the eulogy sparely, with the dates of the deceased's birth and death, his education, war record, academic career, the names of his surviving family, and the thirty-year period of his local residence.
Academic text (1991) -
She expressed her feelings sparely, choosing her words with great care.
Synonyms
55
1.0
With only a small amount of food or drink
15
3.5
Using only a small amount
3
4.4
Using only what you need to avoid waste
1
6.8
In a small way that is not enough
Using something in small amounts to avoid waste
Using money and things carefully to avoid waste
In a thin, simple way without extra things
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sparely comes from the simple word spare meaning 'extra' or 'to save', and -ly makes it describe how something is done. So to do something sparely is to use only a little or to save what you have.