Sparing
['speərɪŋ] or ['spɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spare
(a.) Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Scanty, SPARE.[2]. Frugal, saving, chary, parsimonious, economical, not liberal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SCATTER]
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Examples
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sophia appeared to dislike Lord Deerhurst of all things, and complained that he was unusually sparing of soap and water at his toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Master Sam. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is but one means, Mr Wrayburn, of sparing yourself and of sparing me, every way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The necessity of sparing Laura any sudden knowledge of the truth was the first consideration which the letter suggested to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I think nobody can justly accuse me of sparing myself upon any occasion, but really I cannot do everything at once. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Much obliged by your sparing me these minutes of your time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's time to take this business in hand, now, without sparing anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Something certainly gave Celia unusual courage; and she was not sparing the sister of whom she was occasionally in awe. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As to sparing the girl, of what importance or value is she? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Since his sheet-anchor had come home, Mr. Gradgrind had been sparing of speech. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But who ever thought of sparing their grandmother worry? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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