parsimoniously
Example Sentences
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Congress has responded to the State Department’s program parsimoniously, allocating the special visas piecemeal through its annual defense policy bill.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2016
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
Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface.
From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2011
He lighted it from the camp fire, and sat forward on the blankets, toasting his moccasined feet and smoking parsimoniously.
From The Turtles of Tasman by London, Jack
