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sparingness

/spair-ing/US // ˈspɛər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈspɛərɪŋ) //

疏散性,稀疏性,疏散度,疏散

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : economical.
    • : lenient or merciful.
    • : scanty; limited.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inthriftiness
as ineconomy

Examples

  • In addition to sparing their lives, Kruger offered the prisoners better food and other privileges for their hard work.

  • His cadence is a steady beat rather than a roller coaster, and his words sparing and simple.

  • His body had caught the impact, sparing the lives of two of his friends.

  • As he rode away, the redheaded wildling filled her lover with three arrows, sparing his life.

  • A commotion has erupted in one of the dressing rooms, sparing me more reminiscences from Tyrone.

  • She says she ain't going to spoil her children by sparing rods when our 'upper lot' is full of 'em.

  • She was in a bitter mood to-night, not sparing Ralph Towne as she would not have spared herself.

  • Hitherto he had been sparing of his movements, husbanding his strength against the long battle that seemed promised him.

  • Naturally an elaborate novel like The Nabob lends itself indefinitely to minute comment, but we must be sparing of it.

  • All the other St. Julien beasts had perished; men muttered at Longsword for sparing the horse.