English Dictionary

spareful

形容詞

廃用 古風

(obsolete) Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality. / (obsolete) sparing; chary. / (dated) frugal.

日本語の意味

禁欲的で、浪費を控える / 食欲や活力に欠ける / 質素で、倹約的な

Although he was known for his spareful habits, he never judged others for indulging occasionally.

彼は節制した生活で知られていたが、時折の嗜みを楽しむ人々を決して裁かなかった。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Abstemious; Lacking in appetite or vitality.

I admonish them, therefore, to be more spareful in their diet, and so they shall gain health to their bodies, and comfort to their purse.

意味（2）

(obsolete) sparing; chary.

Lucullus was a niggard of his meat, And spareful of his cups seem'd Anthony;

意味（3）

(dated) frugal.

But Erasmus added, And yet such as she was, being also spareful and given to profit, he so framed and fashioned her by his dexterity that he lived a sweet and pleasant life with her, and brought her to that case, that she learned to play and sing at the lute and virginals, and every day at his returning home he took a reckoning and account of the task he enjoined her touching the said exercise.

more spareful （ comparative ）

most spareful （ superlative ）