parsimonious
adjective
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
parsimoniousness
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a word derived from
parsimonious.
Example Sentences
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His emotional parsimoniousness just got sucked away by the beautiful blue sky.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Strict even to parsimoniousness in the matter of public expenditures, the pioneers of Iowa were not always puritan in observing the forms of religion.
From History of the Constitutions of Iowa by Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Persons unacquainted with the psychology of parsimoniousness may hesitate to credit this incident.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
He lived economically, as he had always done, even to parsimoniousness.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
Wealth, you will observe, was inclining Johnny toward parsimoniousness.
From The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower
