sparingly

English

Etymology

sparing +‎ -ly

Adverb

sparingly (comparative more sparingly, superlative most sparingly)

1. In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.
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     The Mark Tree is generally used as an effect to accentuate transitions in music, either at the beginning or end of a phrase. When used sparingly, they ^[sic] can add an exotic "shimmer" effect.

Translations

in a sparing manner

• Catalan: parcament (ca), parsimoniosament (ca)
• Dutch: spaarzaam (nl)
• Finnish: säästeliäästi (fi)
• French: parcimonieusement (fr)
• Greek: με φειδώ (me feidó)
• Icelandic: sparlega
• Italian: parsimoniosamente (it)
• Latin: parcē
• Occitan: parsimoniosament, primotièirament, primotièrament
• Portuguese: moderadamente
• Romanian: moderat (ro), frugal (ro), cu măsură
• Russian: скупо (ru) (skupo), скудно (ru) (skudno), бережливо (ru) (berežlivo), экономно (ru) (ekonomno)
• Spanish: parsimoniosamente (es)
• Swedish: sparsamt (sv)

References

• “sparingly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• raspingly, ring plays