spareful adjective3 •(old-fashioned) frugal.The gamesome wind among her tresses plays. And curleth up those growing riches short; Her spareful eye to spread his beams denays, But keeps his shot where Cupid keeps his fort — 1982 •(no longer used) 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. — 1845 •(no longer used) sparing; chary.Lucullus was a niggard of his meat, And spareful of his cups seem'd Anthony — 1845 formsmore spareful · most spareful