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sparing
/ ˈɛəɪŋ /
adjective
- sometimes foll bywith or of economical or frugal (with)
- scanty; meagre
- merciful or lenient
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹ԲԱ, noun
- ˈ貹Բ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- 貹·Բ· adverb
- 貹·Բ·Ա noun
- ԴDz·貹·Բ adjective
- ··貹·Բ adjective
- o·ver·貹·Բ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Jones could have filed away his writings in a box, to be shipped off to his family for their private consumption, perhaps sparing the Florville family more pain.
In the days that followed, the Trump administration announced that it would be temporarily sparing carmakers from the import levies.
I want people who don’t come to comedy for emotion to be moved, but to do that I have to be very sparing in those moments and sneak the emotions in underneath.
He thanked the killers for pleading guilty to murder and sparing the family the ordeal of having to go through a trial.
This may sound ungenerous to these voters, but only if you've been sparing yourself the torture of engaging their actual opinions.
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