Spār'ing, a.

a. 1. Scarce; little. Of this there is with you sparing memory, or none. Bacon.

2. Scanty; not plentiful; not abundant; as, a sparing diet.
3. Saving; parsimonious; chary.

Virgil, being so very sparing of his words, . . . can never be translated as he ought in any modern tongue. Dryden.