English-Thai Dictionary

sparing

ADJ ที่ ขาดแคลน  ti-kad-kan

 

sparing

ADJ ประหยัด  มัธยัสถ์  thrifty pra-yad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPARING

ppr. 1. Using frugally; forbearing; omitting to punish or destroy.
2. a. Scarce; little.
3. Scanty; not plentiful; not abundant; as a sparing diet.
4. Saving; parsimonious. Virgil being so very sparing of his words, and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader, can never be translated as he ought in amy modern tongue.

 

SPARINGLY

adv. 1. Not abundantly.
2. Frugally; parsimoniously; not lavishly. High titles of honor were in the king's minority sparingly granted, because dignity then waited on desert. Commend but sparingly whom thou dost love.
3. Abstinently; moderately. Christians are obliged to taste even the innocent pleasures of life but sparingly.
4. Seldom; not frequently. The morality of a grave sentence, affected by Lucan, is more sparingly used by Virgil.
5. Cautiously; tenderly.

 

SPARINGNESS

n. 1. Parsimony; want of liberality.
2. Caution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPARING

SPARING Spar "ing, a.

 

Defn: Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. Bacon. -- Spar "ing *ly, adv. -- Spar "ing *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sparing

spar ing |ˈspe (ə )riNG ˈspɛ (ə )rɪŋ | ▶adjective moderate; economical: physicians advised sparing use of the ointment. DERIVATIVES spar ing ly adverb, spar ing ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

sparing

spar ¦ing |ˈspɛːrɪŋ | ▶adjective moderate; economical: physicians advised sparing use of the ointment. DERIVATIVES sparingly adverb, sparingness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sparing

sparing adjective a fiercely sparing man, he died rich and friendless: thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious; mean, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, close-fisted, penny-pinching, ungenerous, close, grasping; informal stingy, cheap, tightfisted, tight, mingy, money-grubbing. ANTONYMS lavish. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See economical . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sparing

sparing adjective he was more sparing with his admiration than with his criticism: thrifty, economical, frugal, canny, careful, prudent, cautious, abstemious, saving, scrimping, parsimonious; mean, miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, Scrooge-like, stinting; informal stingy, tight-fisted, tight, mingy, money-grubbing, skinflinty; N. Amer. informal cheap; archaic near; Brit. vulgar slang tight-arsed, tight as a duck's arse. ANTONYMS extravagant, lavish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sparing

spar ing /spé ə rɪŋ /形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例be ～〗1 «…を » 倹約 [節約 ]する, 控える «of , with , in » ; 〈人が 〉質素な (↔unsparing )▸ be sparing with water 水を使いすぎない ▸ sparing use of salt 塩の控えめな使用 2 «…が » 少ない, 乏しい «in , of » .～ly 副詞 (ほんの )わずかに, 少しだけ .