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Webster 1913 Edition
Sparing
Spar′ing
,Adj.
Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
Bacon.
Spar′ing-ly
, adv. – Spar′ing-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sparing
SPA'RING
, ppr.1.
Using frugally; forbearing; omitting to punish or destroy.2.
a. Scarce; little.3.
Scanty; not plentiful; not abundant; as a sparing diet.4.
Saving; parsimonious. Virgil being so very sparing of his words, and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader, can never be translated as he ought in amy modern tongue.