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Simoniacal. [Obs.] Milton.

i*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. Bacon. Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. Addison.

Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.

Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.

In a illiberal manner, ungenerously; uncharitably; parsimoniously.

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. A very narrow and stinted charity. Smalridge.

Sparingly; parsimoniously.

Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.]

Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary. Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence. Shak.

In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. His mind was very scantily stored with materials. Macaulay.

Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy. [Obs.] "Too scarce ne too sparing." Chaucer. To make one's self scarce, to decamp; to depart. [Slang]

To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious. I, who at some times spend, at others spare, Divided between carelessness and care. Pope.

Sparing; parsimonious. [Obs.]

In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, . . . and lives starvedly all the year after. Bp. Hall.

Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.] I beg cold comfort, and you are so strait, And so ingrateful, you deny me that. Shak.

Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly. [R.] -- Strait"-hand`ed*ness, n. [R.]

Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.]