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# sparingly

adverb (sparingly)

«sparingly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Using only a little of something; carefully and not wastefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In cooking, «use salt sparingly» means only a pinch; in health, the food pyramid says to eat sugary foods sparingly. In science and art, use glue or paint sparingly. In everyday life, people use water sparingly in a drought.

### Examples

- Use the glue sparingly or it will make a mess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x1)
- Eat sweets sparingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x2)
- Water was used sparingly during the drought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x3)
- Apply the cream sparingly to the rash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x4)
- The writer used capital letters sparingly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x5)
- She praised us sparingly, so her praise meant a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/#x6)

### Note

Adverb from «sparing» (careful with amounts), from «spare». Opposite: generously, lavishly. In maths problems it may mean a smaller amount is used each time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sparingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sparingly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sparingly.html) on Mova free.