Definition of sparingly

"sparingly" in the adverb sense

1. meagerly, sparingly, slenderly, meagrely

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"

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Quotations for sparingly

Pleasures are enhanced that are sparingly enjoyed. [ Juv ]

The more sparingly we make use of nonsense, the better. [ Coleridge ]

Youth is not like a new garment which we can keep fresh and fair by wearing sparingly. Youth, while we have it, we must wear daily; and it will fast wear away. [ John Foster ]

Love is sparingly soluble in the words of men, therefore they speak much of it; but one syllable of woman's speech can dissolve more of it than a man's heart can hold. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

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sparingly in Scrabble®

The word sparingly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters sparingly:

SPARINGLY

(144)

SPARINGLY

(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

angrily, lapsing, parings, parsing, playing, praying, pryings, rasping, sapling, slaying, spangly, sparing, spaying, springy, syringa

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word sparingly

SPARINGLY

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In sparingly

SPARINGLY

(144)

SPARINGLY

(144)

PLAYING

(102 = 52 + 50)

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sparingly in Words With Friends™

The word sparingly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sparingly:

SPARINGLY

(216)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

angrily, lapsing, parings, parsing, playing, praying, pryings, rasping, sapling, slaying, spangly, sparing, spaying, springy, syringa

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word sparingly

SPARINGLY

(216)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In sparingly

SPARINGLY

(216)

SPARINGLY

(132)

SPAYING

(122 = 87 + 35)

PRYINGS

(122 = 87 + 35)

SPARINGLY

(120)

SPANGLY

(119 = 84 + 35)

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Words within the letters of sparingly

2 letter words in sparingly (12 words)

ag ai an ar as ay in is la pa pi ya

3 letter words in sparingly (51 words)

ail air ais any ars asp ays gal gap gas gay gin ins lag lap lay lip nag nap nay nil nip pal pan par pay pig pin pis ply pry psi rag ran rap ray rig rip sag sap say sin sip sir sly spa spy yap yar yin yip

4 letter words in sparingly (87 words)

5 letter words in sparingly (63 words)

6 letter words in sparingly (32 words)

aligns aprils gainly gnarls gnarly grails grains grainy grisly inlays laying paring paying plains plying prying raping raying riyals saying signal singly slangy snaily snarly spinal spiral sprain sprang spring spying sringa

7 letter words in sparingly (15 words)

angrily lapsing parings parsing playing praying pryings rasping sapling slaying spangly sparing spaying springy syringa

8 letter words in sparingly (4 words)

palsying playings splaying spraying

9 letter words in sparingly (Anagrams) (2 words)

raspingly sparingly

sparingly + 1 blank (4 words)

aspiringly graspingly paralysing praisingly

sparingly + 2 blanks (3 words)

sparklingly sprawlingly unsparingly

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Words containing the sequence sparingly

Words that start with sparingly (1 word)

sparingly

Words with sparingly in them (1 word)

sparingly

Words that end with sparingly (2 words)

sparingly unsparingly

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Word Growth involving sparingly

Shorter words in sparingly

ar par paring sparing

pa par paring sparing

in ring paring sparing

ar par spar sparing

pa par spar sparing

pa spa spar sparing

Longer words containing sparingly

unsparingly