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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
parsimonious
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Corinne was more parsimonious with her praise.
▪ For a side that prides itself on its parsimonious nature, the case for the defence was frankly indefensible.
▪ Insurance companies and banks learned that long ago, and are equally parsimonious with their adjusters and loan officers.
▪ Since then Dilfer's efforts have been just enough, his work underwritten by the most parsimonious defence in the land.
▪ The parsimonious contents of this envelope were very different from the first.
▪ The specificity also assists in the construction of parsimonious, but relevant, information systems for control purposes.
▪ With a little work they could come up with a more parsimonious design.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parsimonious

Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See Parsimony.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.

Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money.
--Addison.

Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
parsimonious

1590s, from Latin parsimonia "frugality, thrift" (see parsimony) + -ous. Not originally with the suggestion of stinginess. Related: Parsimoniously; parsimoniousness.

Wiktionary
parsimonious

a. 1 Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. 2 (cx: sports) not conceding many goals

WordNet
parsimonious

adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn: penurious]

Usage examples of "parsimonious".

A philosopher, liberal of his wealth and parsimonious of his time, might be insensible to the common allurements of ambition, the thirst of gold and employment.

Two more rounds went by, in which King was parsimonious of effort and Sandel prodigal.

Khefti thriftily had his cook pickle the rinds from his melons, in keeping with his parsimonious nature.

He is frequently parsimonious, and always thrifty, and does not generally feed himself as well as the Pathan.

On reflection she made a thousand objections, terrified at the idea of a bowl full of soup, for she belonged to that race of parsimonious country women who always carry centimes in their pocket to give alms in public to beggars on the road and to put in the Sunday collection plate.

How smugly would I marvel that she was mine, mine, mine, and revise the recent matitudinal swoon to the moan of the mourning doves, and devise the late afternoon one, and slitting my sun-speared eyes, compare Lolita to whatever other nymphets parsimonious chance collected around her for my anthological delectation and judgment.

Their use of alloying elements like aluminum and beryllium is incredibly parsimonious.

Since it was unlikely my parsimonious inceptor had paid them to sing, their presence indicated a busy day, with many candidates scheduled to ascend amid a consequent probability of largess.

The one drawback is the parsimonious assignment of parking spaces.