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parsimonious

[ pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs ]

/ ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs /

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adjective

characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

OTHER WORDS FOR parsimonious

tight, close, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous.

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Origin of parsimonious

First recorded in 1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious

synonym study for parsimonious

See stingy¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM parsimonious

par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverbpar·si·mo·ni·ous·ness, nounun·par·si·mo·ni·ous, adjectiveun·par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverb

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How to use parsimonious in a sentence

Many of our denominational colleges are parsimoniously sustained.
Colleges in America|John Marshall Barker
He found at his accession a costly, although parsimoniously arranged system of government, and a moderately filled State Treasury.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution|Karl Marx
The emperor parsimoniously refused to his soldiers the sums which he granted with a lavish and trembling hand to the Barbarians.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
Did they think that the cross, given hitherto so parsimoniously to civilians, was not meant for the police?
The House of the Combrays|G. le Notre

Isolated in its narrow chamber, each grub nibbles the substance around it, peacefully and parsimoniously.
A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent