Watered steel was extremely expensive and therefore used very sparingly. He described it as a potent painkiller, but recommended that it be used sparingly. Prisoners were treated harshly, fed sparingly, and killed openly. Both morphine and its hydrated form are sparingly soluble in water. The salts crystallize well, the monohydrochloride, in leaflets, sparingly soluble in dry alcohol. They are only sparingly soluble in methanol and ethanol. It is sparingly soluble in water. It forms small needles, very sparingly soluble in water. It is a crystalline colorless solid, sparingly soluble in water. MTBE is a volatile, flammable, and colorless liquid that is sparingly soluble in water. Lutyens appropriated some Indian design elements, but used them sparingly and effectively throughout the building. Calcium citrate is sparingly soluble in water. Phenazine crystallizes in yellow needles, which are only sparingly soluble in alcohol. Midodrine is an odorless, white, crystalline powder, soluble in water and sparingly soluble in methanol. In modern times, these judicial functions were exercised very sparingly.