parsimonious

[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]

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adjective

characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

Origin of parsimonious

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

Related formspar·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

Synonyms for parsimonious

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

Synonym study

See stingy¹.

Antonyms for parsimonious

generous.

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Related Words for parsimoniously

meanly, miserly, cannily, greedily, parsimoniously, stingily

Examples from the Web for parsimoniously

Historical Examples of parsimoniously

Many of our denominational colleges are parsimoniously sustained.
Colleges in America
John Marshall Barker
The Scottish king was poor, ill-housed, parsimoniously served, meagerly guarded.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848
Various
Inferior coal, parsimoniously stoked, took the water-heater a long time to get going.
Paris Vistas
Helen Davenport Gibbons
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

Word Origin and History for parsimoniously

parsimonious

adj.

1590s, from Latin parsimonia "frugality, thrift" (see parsimony) + -ous. Not originally with the suggestion of stinginess. Related: Parsimoniously; parsimoniousness.