In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.(adverb)
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Use "sparingly" in a sentence
"If only our cities and I use the term sparingly to describe Olympia acted like that."
"It's always interesting to see a new film that's being tossed around with the "film noir" label, especially now that they're all shot in color, but this is two years in a row that Sundance has used the term sparingly, saving the title for only the highest quality films"
"Admittedly I use the term sparingly, because I’m skeptical of most efforts to distinguish between the effects of nature and nurture."