# sparingly

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #28,381

## Definitions
1. In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.

## Etymology
From sparing + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **sparing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sparing-vs-sparingly)

## Common misspellings (15)
`psaringly`, `sapringly`, `spairngly`, `sparignly`, `sparinggly`, `sparinglly`, `sparinglyy`, `sparingyl`, `sparinlgy`, `sparinngly`, `sparnigly`, `sparringly`, `spparingly`, `spraingly`, `ssparingly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sparingly