parsimoniously
adverb formal uk/ˌpɑː.sɪˈməʊ.ni.əs.li/ us/ˌpɑːr.səˈmoʊ.ni.əs.li/
吝啬小气地,过度节俭地
in a way that shows that you are not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something
I ordered one beer and drank it parsimoniously until the end of the night. 我点了一杯啤酒,小口小口地一直喝到深夜。
The emperor parsimoniously refused to give his soldiers the money. 皇帝吝啬地拒绝给他的士兵钱。
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- I was living parsimoniously at that time.
- At the conference, minutes of time on the stage were shared out parsimoniously.
- He described the team rather parsimoniously as '11 players willing to work'.