parsimonious
adjective
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
parsimoniously
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a word derived from
parsimonious.
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a word derived from
parsimony.
Example Sentences
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“It attempted to cover as much of this landscape as parsimoniously as possible,” said Copelan.
From Slate ● May 20, 2024
Congress has responded to the State Department’s program parsimoniously, allocating the special visas piecemeal through its annual defense policy bill.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2016
Some people wield them parsimoniously; others dole them out willy-nilly.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 5, 2015
In July 2009, Microsoft unveiled Windows 7, a product widely acclaimed as absolving Vista's sins, and Sinofsky is promoted to president of the Windows division, a title parsimoniously bestowed.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2012
Having early discovered that the liberal distribution of money at the Tartar court was the surest means of gaining favour, they lived parsimoniously at home and spent their savings at the Horde.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
