sparingly
15
3.5
- adverb
- /ˈspɛrɪŋli/
:
con moderación
- You use it sparingly to stop aggression when you have to.
- use sparingly
- apply sparingly
People would be surprised how sparingly I use things like that.
- People would be surprised how sparingly I use things like that.
- It's OK to more sparingly check your investments right now.
- And so I'm naming these things sparingly and where appropriate.
- Water garlic sparingly because they hate wet soil.
- So use the term sparingly and judiciously.
- But I still will keep them and use them very sparingly on my lips.
- You use it sparingly to stop aggression when you have to.
- So again, like use them sparingly.
- I do eat meat products, but I, I do it probably fairly sparingly.
- We need our troops, but we should use them sparingly, only when we're sure it benefits our defense.
- Or in many cases, the narcissistic people use those romantic, loving words very sparingly.
- So you would ideally like this is an issue here, you would ideally want to go very sparingly with this and blend quickly.
- I feel like this product is quite pricey, but I use it quite sparingly on my face and then I go down to my neck as well.
- It's really really expensive so I use this sparingly and in emergencies but for moisturising it is great.
- And I use the term sparingly, to be honest, because I know it's a term that people struggle with.
Examples
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She applied the moisturizer sparingly to keep her skin from feeling greasy.
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Teach children how to annotate the text sparingly, because too much highlighting can cause children to lose focus.
Academic text (2013) -
Use what you have sparingly, but keep them up there.
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Use it sparingly, will you?
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People would be surprised how sparingly I use things like that.
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We need our troops, but we should use them sparingly, only when we're sure it benefits our defense.
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And I use the term sparingly, to be honest, because I know it's a term that people struggle with.
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I was careful to use it sparingly.
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I'm gonna go get some ice chips, but you have to use them sparingly.
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Detaining suspected terrorists without trial is a practice that democracies should use as carefully and sparingly as possible.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
55
1.0
With only a small amount of food or drink
22
3.7
A very small amount that is almost not noticeable
1
6.5
Act in a calm way without doing too much
Using only a small amount
Eating and drinking in a moderate way
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
sparingly = sparing (transparent) = spare + ing + ly
Regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'sparing' using the productive suffix '-ly', yielding 'in a sparing manner'.
Etymology
Sparingly comes from the word spare, which meant 'to give little' or 'to keep something back'. So, to act sparingly is to use something in small amounts, like adding only a little salt or saving a spare for later.