sparing
Webster 1828
SPA'RING, participle present tense 1. Using frugally; forbearing; omitting to punish or destroy.2. adjective Scarce; little.3. Scanty; not plentiful; not abundant; as a sparing diet.4. Saving; parsimonious. Virgil being so very sparing of his words, and leaving so much to be imagined by the reader, can never be translated as he ought in amy modern tongue