parsimonious

[ pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs ]

/ ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs /

characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

Origin of parsimonious

First recorded in 1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious

tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous.

generous.

See stingy¹.

par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverb par·si·mo·ni·ous·ness, noun un·par·si·mo·ni·ous, adjective un·par·si·mo·ni·ous·ly, adverb

Many of our denominational colleges are parsimoniously sustained.

Colleges in America |John Marshall Barker
Inferior coal, parsimoniously stoked, took the water-heater a long time to get going.

Paris Vistas |Helen Davenport Gibbons
But the great empires which clutch territory and ignore men, spend prodigally on their armies and parsimoniously on their people.

The Revival of Irish Literature |Charles Gavan Duffy
She put a water can on the washstand and parsimoniously measured into it some attar of roses.

A Bed of Roses |W. L. George

Isolated in its narrow chamber, each grub nibbles the substance around it, peacefully and parsimoniously.

A Book of Exposition |Homer Heath Nugent