thriftily
- adverb
- /ˈθrɪf.tɪ.li/
:
frugalmente
- And from the far, far distance, far at sea, tattered life jackets still afloat, bobbing, the heads of sailors so thriftily held above the waves now turned to bleached and polished skulls.
- so thriftily
Examples
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The family thriftily budgeted their expenses to ensure they could go on vacation.
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The Oxford researchers have examined ways to thriftily control streambank erosion and make up for past watershed abuse.
Academic text (2006) -
Shouldn't a society be thriftily saving so that it can transfer those savings into capital, which can in turn generate development?
Academic text (2018) -
By a "good manager," More meant both good morality and the ability to buy and cook food skillfully and thriftily.
Academic text (2014) -
On the other hand, her parents live thriftily (for a long time, they lived in a house with no indoor toilet) in order to avoid needing to make life decisions around how much they'll make.
Blog text (5) -
Plantations of ripening Tea All from Tuppence prudently, thriftily, frugally Invested in the...
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Thriftily, Julia had recycled the life jackets from her swimming party; she'd had Luis stencil a skull and crossbones on each.
Fiction book (2000) -
When the nurse saw he had crossed, she would replace her knitting in its plastic bag, pack up her cardigan and tube of lip salve, collect her pay, and maybe a gift of oranges from a box nmglrt thriftily in bulk by Lou, and leave.
Fiction book (1994) -
To save money, she thriftily planned her meals for the week.
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He always shops thriftily, looking for the best deals and discounts.
Synonyms
3
4.4
Using only what you need to avoid waste
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8.4
To give or spend very little without wanting to
Using only a small amount
To act in a cheap way by not spending much money
Spending very little money
Antonyms
How Thrifty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thriftily comes from thrift, an old English word that meant 'doing well with money', and the ending -ly turns it into a way of doing something. Think of a 'thrift shop' where people buy useful things for less; to act thriftily is to use money or things carefully to save and keep them.