sparing

English

Adjective

sparing (comparative more sparing, superlative most sparing)

1. Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frugal

Verb

sparing

1. present participle of spare

Noun

sparing (plural sparings)

1. The act by which something or someone is spared.
   • 1830, Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), The Manners of the Day (volume 2, page 322)

     The sparings of my frugality have, however, in a sufficient degree, augmented my originally scanty patrimony; […]

Anagrams

• gnisrap, parings, parsing, rapings, rasping