Antonyms for unstintingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : stint
Phonetic Transcription : stɪnt


Definition of unstintingly

Origin :
  • "to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan (cf. Old Norse stuttr "short, scant," Middle High German stunz "blunt, short," German stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE root *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see steep (adj.)). Related: Stinted; stinting. The noun is attested from c.1300.
  • As in generously : adv with a free hand
  • As in freely : adv easily, smoothly done
Example sentences :
  • I cannot formulate the things you do, though my friends praise me unstintingly.
  • Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
  • Unstintingly he permitted the use of his discoveries, and was happy when he could benefit the public by his newly found treasures.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • He was gratified when they unstintingly praised his personal appearance, although it was only what he had expected.
  • Extract from : « Tommy Tregennis » by Mary Elizabeth Phillips
  • Mr. McGowan was unstintingly obeying the command when a loud knock jarred the side door.
  • Extract from : « Captain Pott's Minister » by Francis L. Cooper
  • The contention so far had been that with the surfeit, coal would be so cheap that even the poorest could burn it unstintingly.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the League » by Ernest Bramah
  • Serious men enamored of voluntary seclusion carved it unstintingly and set its columns quaintly in triangular order.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • Racine had produced a play from Euripides, the “Phdra,” on which he had unstintingly bestowed his best genius and his best art.
  • Extract from : « French Classics » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • Home to their beloved land for which they fought and for which they unstintingly offered their lives to defend.
  • Extract from : « A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy. » by Anonymous
  • That influence he had unstintingly exerted on behalf of the Pretender, to whom he was profoundly devoted.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Only very small souls could grudge him what he's earned when he's worked so hard and given himself so unstintingly.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Olive » by Basil King

Synonyms for unstintingly

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