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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations sparingly [ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] ADV [use, apply] → con moderación, en pequeñas cantidades; [eat] → frugalmente, con moderación he spends his money sparingly → es cuidadoso con el dinero, mira mucho lo que gasta we used water sparingly → tuvimos cuidado de no gastar mucha agua he uses colour sparingly → es parco en el uso de los colores sparingly [ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] adv (eat, live) → frugalmente; (use, drink) → con moderazione, moderatamente sparingly [ˈspɛərɪŋlɪ] adv (eat, live) → frugalmente; (use, drink) → con moderazione, moderatamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Speech of touch towards others, should be sparingly used; for discourse ought to be as a field, without coming home to any man. Dine sparingly and sup more sparingly still; for the health of the whole body is forged in the workshop of the stomach. So I drifted for three days, eating and drinking sparingly, and meditating upon all that had happened to me,--not desiring very greatly then to see men again. |
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