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• r  to a meager degree or in a meager manner

• Something like the fairy-tale gnomes that guarded subterranean treasures, Swiss bankers speak sparingly, avoid social ostentation, and bury their moneytwo floors below ground .
• The Chinese traditionally serve beef sparingly, usually in stir-fried dishes, stews and hot pots for which tough, lean meat suffices.
• Yi played sparingly in the game, but he offered a fitting capstone to the season, stealing an inbounds pass in the final seconds for a breakaway jam.

• meagerly
• slenderly
• meagrely

• amply

News & Articles

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• NBA Won’t Get Rid Of Flopping, Says Dirk Nowitzki
  The NBA has been making an attempt to eradicate flopping from the game, but Dirk Nowitzki said it’s unlikely the league will will be able to get rid of it entirely. The league this year instituted retroactive fines for players caught embellishing contact in order to draw a foul. It was used sparingly during the [...] NBA Won’t Get Rid Of Flopping, Says Dirk Nowitzki is a post from: The Inquisitr
  June 15, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• As center backs fall off for Vancouver Whitecaps, Carlyle Mitchell steps in
  VANCOUVER, B.C. – Center backs in Vancouver are becoming an endangered species. The man to benefit from all this appears to be Carlyle Mitchell , the 25-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international who the team has used sparingly since his signing in 2011. He’s played just five league games and this season has yet to play in Whitecaps colors after being shipped to NASL side FC Edmonton for a ...
  June 14, 2013 - Major League Soccer
• San Antonio Spurs Proving Depth Does Matter In 2013 NBA Finals
  Sometimes it's more about depth than it is star power. The NBA playoffs are considered a time for teams to tighten their rotations, milk their superstars and employ the use of reserves sparingly. With the season winding down and the championship on the line, franchises naturally want their best players on the floor. Playoffs aren't a time to dilly-dally or rest. The LeBron James ' and Tony ...
  June 13, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Quotes

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• Andy Reid in USA Today
  We've been using him in there all year, sparingly and in lead situations and other things,Reid said of Buckhalter. "We're comfortable with him in there. We'll do the same things."
• Eric Zorn in International Herald Tribune
  Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn called for "a media blackout - an agreement among responsible publications and broadcasters to use the name and image of such killers as sparingly as possible."
• Bill Keller in Christian Science Monitor
  We expect to use the phrase sparingly and carefully, not to the exclusion of other formulations, not for dramatic effect,Mr. Keller wrote. "The main shortcoming of 'civil war' is that, like other labels, it fails to capture the complexity...