parsimoniously

Example Sentences

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Some people wield them parsimoniously; others dole them out willy-nilly.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015

Joy—in movies, in conversation, in language, in life—was not something that Roger Ebert meted out parsimoniously.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

In July 2009, Microsoft unveiled Windows 7, a product widely acclaimed as absolving Vista's sins, and Sinofsky is promoted to president of the Windows division, a title parsimoniously bestowed.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2012

Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2011

The floors were carpetless, the rooms were furnished with common bare tables and wooden chairs, art was conspicuously absent, luxury wanting, comfort barely considered, even the table was very parsimoniously served.

From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Morris, Charles