Living sparely himself, he could open both hands to others.

"You could work on writing a little more sparely, too."

There are only four actors in the sparely designed show.

However, she was only used sparely and did not appear in the final of the tournament.

It currently (2010) is sparely used, but still in service.

Here she turned on the light, revealing a sparely furnished room.

But the curators have included work that makes its point more sparely.

The rooms were sparely furnished, but with good store of books.

The other six were sparely decorated and rather gloomy in their general effect.

Can anyone hold an audience with ingredients this simple and sparely presented?

The study was light and sparely furnished, with few but perfect ornaments.

She ate sparely; her breakfast is a glass of water or milk.

So, she gave orders to Pork that when soldiers were in the house, the table should be set sparely.

The office - like all homes he owns - is sparely furnished.

It was in the front of the house, and extremely neat, though sparely furnished.

They walked into a small living room, sparely furnished but flooded with sunlight.

He was of average size, and sparely muscular, with a tough-looking face.

I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place.

There wasn't much - we had lived very sparely - but most of it would have to stay: the road to the coast was long.

He was tall and sparely built, with muscular arms.

His portrait of Venice is both sparely rendered and heavily atmospheric.

Though this novel begins sparely, it achieves a tragic complexity.

Other rooms were furnished as sparely as those in a monastery.

Another theme, represented more sparely, is images that reinforce the fan's physical characteristics.

Her drawing is sparely rendered but dense with emotion.