frugally
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- adverb
- /ˈfruːɡəli/
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frugalmente
- Julia lived frugally, saving all she could.
- live frugally
He thought that if selling all five of his pretty nice homes he would just live very frugally and that would please her, which didn't work.
- He thought that if selling all five of his pretty nice homes he would just live very frugally and that would please her, which didn't work.
Examples
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Even in industrialized nations, some people live much more frugally than others.
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I served in the military, went to college, saved, and lived frugally to own my small home.
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Trying to live life as frugally as possible in order to fund a dream.
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So here was our plan to live more frugally on the road:
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I grew up with a mother that lived very frugally, so I adopted that from her.
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The vast majority of people live very frugally, simply because they have to.
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Come join me as I give you tips on how to live frugally.
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I am a boomer, but I live very frugally, having been taught that by my mother.
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Money management and living frugally require self-sacrifice and the ability to say "no" to oneself and practice self-control.
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My grandparents always lived frugally, using simple meals and repurposing old items.
Synonyms
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To use money and resources carefully to avoid waste
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To give or spend very little without wanting to
Using something in small amounts to avoid waste
Using money and things carefully to avoid waste
Using only a small amount
Spending very little money
To act in a cheap way by not spending much money
Antonyms
How Frugal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word frugally comes from the old root frug-, which meant 'fruit' or 'value' and is the same root as the word fruit. So to act frugally is to use things carefully to get more 'value' and avoid waste.