Adjective

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scanty; not abundant or plentiful.

a spare diet

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sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.

* Carew

He was spare , but discreet of speech.

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Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.

I have no spare time.

* Spenser

if that no spare clothes he had to give

Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.

a spare''' anchor; a '''spare bed or room

lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.

* Shakespeare

O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones.

(obsolete, UK, dialect) slow

(Grose)

Adjective

(lb) Of people.

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#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.

#Competent or talented.

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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.

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#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.

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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.

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#Effective.

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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

#(lb) Real; actual; serious.

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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Love no man in good earnest.

(lb) Of properties and qualities.

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##Edible; not stale or rotten.

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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.

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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.

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#Healthful.

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#Pleasant; enjoyable.

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#Favourable.

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#Beneficial; worthwhile.

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#Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.

(lb) With "and", extremely.

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(lb) Of quantities.

#Reasonable in amount.

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#Large in amount or size.

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#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.

#Entire.

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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.