sparingly

1. 1.

   to a meager degree or in a meager manner

   “these voices are meagerly represented at the conference”

   “the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources”

   Synonymsmeagerlyslenderlymeagrely

Questions about sparingly

What does sparingly mean?

sparingly means "to a meager degree or in a meager manner".

How many syllables are in sparingly?

sparingly has 3 syllables: spar-in-gly. The stress falls on "spar". In IPA it is /ˈspɛɹɪŋli/.

What is another word for sparingly?

Close synonyms include meagerly, slenderly, meagrely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.