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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.

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Origin of parsimonious

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

SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious

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

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ANTONYMS FOR parsimonious

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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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Example sentences from the Web for parsimonious

Many of our denominational colleges are parsimoniously sustained.
Colleges in America|John Marshall Barker
Inferior coal, parsimoniously stoked, took the water-heater a long time to get going.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons
But the great empires which clutch territory and ignore men, spend prodigally on their armies and parsimoniously on their people.
The Revival of Irish Literature|Charles Gavan Duffy
She put a water can on the washstand and parsimoniously measured into it some attar of roses.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George

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