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# sparingly

«sparingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Using only a little of something; carefully and not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (sparingly)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sparingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.