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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sparing \Spar"ing\, adjective Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. --Bacon. -- {Spar"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Spar"ing*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sparingly
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" [syn: {meagerly}, {slenderly}, {meagrely}] [ant: {amply}, {amply}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sparingly": cannily, carefully, charily, economically, frugally, husbandly, in moderation, meagerly, moderately, poorly, providently, prudently, punily, scantily, slightly, sparely, sparsely, stintingly, temperately, thin, thriftily, within bounds, within compass
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