The best way to avoid saying the wrong thing is to speak sparingly.

Of these too, she spoke but sparingly, as one who dreads the reviving of painful recollections.

Even during cut scenes, the character generally speaks sparingly.

After he left the show, a "Producer for the Day" who spoke sparingly, took over producing duties.

At 74 he is small and frail and speaks sparingly and quietly.

Afterward, Fernandez, as is his custom, spoke sparingly and quietly.

The operation makes it difficult to speak, and doctors had been advising him to speak sparingly to speed his recovery.

He spoke sparingly, only when necessary to guide my actions.

Mr. Rolles arrived, punctual to the minute; he looked like a man upon his guard, and spoke low and sparingly.

He speaks sparingly about important issues like civil rights, education, the environment and foreign policy.