sparing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

We joked immensely still about the process, but our treatment of the results became sparing and superficial. — Embarrassments, Henry James
But why trouble ourselves about the pomp, the incense, the chants, of which they are either too sparing or too liberal? — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
Until you had found a better way of accounting for it all, you might at least have been more sparing of your judgement.' — The Princess and the Goblin, George MacDonald

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