parsimonious

[ pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs ]

/ ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs /

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adjective

characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

RELATED WORDS

meanly, miserly, cannily, greedily, stingily

Nearby words

parseeism, parsees, parser, parsha, parsifal, parsimonious, parsimoniously, parsimony, parsis, parsley, parsley family

Origin of parsimonious

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

SYNONYMS FOR parsimonious

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

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ANTONYMS FOR parsimonious

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Related forms

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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Examples from the Web for parsimoniously

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