SPARINGLY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

sparingly

adverb

Definition of sparingly

as in poorly

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Recent Examples of sparingly Xavier Lucas returned after missing the past four games and Damari Brown, who has played sparingly the past few weeks, was fully cleared as well. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 Medical imaging tools help doctors learn more about a patient’s potential health problems without putting them under the knife—but many expose patients to radiation and should be used sparingly. — Alice Park, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 If garlic or onions regularly leave you smelling off, Cleveland Clinic suggests using them sparingly or swapping in herbs and spices. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 Although it’s been used sparingly since first coming to market more than 25 years ago, Foamposite remains one of Nike‘s most emblematic technologies. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 If the plant in a cachepot is too big to lift out easily, water it in the pot sparingly. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026 Use hydrogen peroxide sparingly, as too much can waste product and may yellow clothes in sunlight. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026 Toney played sparingly in the second half, and Fletcher left the game in the fourth quarter. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 In the near-decade since, Jay-Z has chosen his moments of visibility sparingly, appearing mostly as a power broker playing in one-per-center sandboxes. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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Trump administration officials and allies are starting to debate who will shoulder the blame if Republicans perform poorly in November.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Head coach Michael Carrick could also lose his job if the team continues to perform poorly.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of poorly

Adverb

As an investment-grade company, Oracle can borrow cheaply and with duration, but that would change with a junk rating, said Jamie Meyers, a senior securities analyst at Laffer Tengler, which owns Oracle stock.

— Michelle Fox, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Mattel didn’t need domestic Barbie factories if a Taiwanese partner could produce dolls more cheaply.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of cheaply

Adverb

Maines lived frugally and generously left his estate to charity, funding a scholarship at his alma mater, SUNY at Canton, and supporting local journalism at The Asheville Watchdog.

— Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026

Definition of frugally

Adverb

The Commission’s proposed 46% target falls short of that ambition, and of its own analysis, which identifies 50% as the economically optimal pathway to 2040.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Rodriguez, Ortiz and Gomez Fisher all agreed that filming most of the movie on the island was essential, not only creatively but also economically and culturally.

— Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of economically

Adverb

If a good could be inexpensively produced elsewhere, everyone benefitted.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates.

— Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of inexpensively

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The score by Don Ellis is shrewdly and sparely used, and the movie is uniformly well-acted, by a cast that also includes Roy Scheider, Tony LoBianco, and Harold Gary.

— Craig Fisher, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.

— Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of sparely

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Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.

— Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.

— Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025

Definition of meagerly

Adverb

Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff.

— Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of thriftily

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