sparing
English
Adjective
sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)
- Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:frugal
Noun
sparing (plural sparings)
- The act by which something or someone is spared.
- 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day (volume 2, page 322)
- The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]
- 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day (volume 2, page 322)
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