My parsimonious aunt never offered second servings or dessert with dinner. From LearnThat.org.
parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
At no point in their history had the Dreevers been what one might call a parsimonious family. From Wordnik.com. [The Intrusion of Jimmy] Reference
They write that the most "parsimonious" explanation of the results rests on "a few fundamental factors.". From Wordnik.com. [What really happened in the 2010 election] Reference
The Globe and Mail describes the new federal budget as "parsimonious," but the Liberals won't vote against it. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Dion punts] Reference
Munden, in later life, was a prudent, parsimonious man. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832] Reference
But she's too parsimonious to spend the necessary money. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Dutch a parsimonious and trading people; the other powers of. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
Pinckney, were almost parsimonious in dress during the great strife. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Life in Colonial Days] Reference
The program tries to find the family tree that is most "parsimonious.". From Wordnik.com. [Eve Takes Another Fall] Reference
So this is no time to start being parsimonious in that particular area. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2007] Reference
My father, I know, is parsimonious, but he sincerely loved his children. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
M. Dulaure is even more parsimonious than Guicciardini, for he will allow. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
If so, Cornish had to give way to the parsimonious whim of his fellow sheriff. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Mrs. Kent-Cumberland had suddenly become more emotional and more parsimonious. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
An associate described him as "viscerally parsimonious" in The Washington Monthly. From Wordnik.com. [Responsible Rider] Reference
If economy is wealth, it is not so because of a niggardly and parsimonious policy. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The liberal Democrats saw him as too centrist, too tough on crime, too parsimonious. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2003] Reference
Worldly fame has been parsimonious of her favor to the memory of those generous companions. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
"My wife says I am too parsimonious with my words in telegrams -- a British trait possibly.". From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
Verily, these parsimonious traders would barter their own souls, if they possessed any value. From Wordnik.com. [Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs] Reference
You have all had proof that I am neither poor nor parsimonious; but neither am I extravagant. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy] Reference
It will never be right of course to inspire a parsimonious spirit in regard either to goods or to energies. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
We've been parsimonious in the way we treat rail, but we've spent plenty of money on aviation and highways. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008] Reference
We've been parsimonious in the way we treat rails, but we've spent plenty of money on aviation and highways. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2008] Reference
Posterity will say, and it cannot be denied, that our first naval hero was rewarded with too parsimonious a hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
The habitant watches their taxation with a parsimonious scrutiny and it is a thankless task to carry on their work. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
Jeremy Hunt, the parsimonious culture secretary, has reduced his staff to five and ditched his chauffeur-driven car. From Wordnik.com. [Vince Cable runs smallest ministerial office, league table claims] Reference
You know, I mean, there seems to be this thing that the coverage is being parceled out in a rather parsimonious way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2004] Reference
Our parsimonious Dane was so highly irritated, that he took possession of the candle and carried it off in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
His decent lodging alone costs him a great part of his revenue, and obliges him to be strictly parsimonious of the rest. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
Henry's habits were religious, and his house expenses parsimonious -- sometimes necessarily so, for he was short of money. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
The educational forces of the country knew what was needed, but a parsimonious public would not follow intelligent leadership. From Wordnik.com. [On the Firing Line in Education] Reference
Mrs. Robinson was a good manager of the moderate means her husband had left her, but she was not parsimonious or inhospitable. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
From him, Laura suggested, may have stemmed the legend that the Scots are a mean, ungenerous, parsimonious, cheeseparing race. From Wordnik.com. [My Bones Will Keep]
It organizes and explains their data in the most parsimonious way, as Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein argue in "The Bell Curve.". From Wordnik.com. [Three Is Not Enough] Reference
The trouble is that there are millions of equally parsimonious trees, and no algorithm to guarantee the computer has found the best one. From Wordnik.com. [Eve Takes Another Fall] Reference
I use this example because we can all identify with music, and few of us would be satisfied with the parsimonious worldview of our friend. From Wordnik.com. [Karl Giberson, Ph.D: Mathematics and the Religious Impulse] Reference
Now if we investigate the parsimonious mode of traversing the Desert, we shall find that a journey of 1500 English miles is performed from. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
Well, you know, the Vatican is notoriously parsimonious with information about the pope's health, and that was the case again this morning. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2005] Reference
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