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thriftily, adv.|ˈθrɪftɪlɪ|
Also 4–5 Sc. thryftly, 5–6 thriftly, 6 thriftely.
[f. thrifty + -ly2.]
†1. In a becoming or seemly manner, properly; worthily, handsomely, finely; hence, thoroughly, soundly, well. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 162 (211) She toke here leue at hem ful þryftyly. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xiii. (Marcus) 128 Þe byschape anany did his office ful thryftly. c1386Chaucer Prol. 105 A sheef of pecok arwes bright and kene Vnder his belt he bar ful thriftily. c1449Pecock Repr. (Rolls) 43 If thei schulen thriftili serue to God. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. Wks. 1724 II. 704 Thou..hast sung well and thriftily. 1638Earl of Strafford Lett. & Disp. (1739) II. 208 Nor that they will..be brought into their right Wits, till they be well and thriftily cudgelled back into them.
2. Frugally, sparingly, economically, carefully.
1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 140 It..doth him good to see his wife so thriftely giuen. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 108 That they might..husband it more thriftily. 1694Falle Jersey iii. 96 Our Kings heretofore did use to dispose of this Revenue more thriftily than they now do. 1712Steele Spect. No. 430 ⁋1 A blind Beggar..with a Needle and Thread thriftily mending his Stockings. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect II. 315 They could neither order a household thriftily, nor cut out a gown.
3. Thrivingly, flourishingly; vigorously.
1865E. Burritt Walk Land's End vii. 215 Two of the largest and oldest California pines are growing most thriftily in these gardens. 1894A. G. Robinson in Amer. Missionary Sept. 330 The seed..is growing thriftily, and..will bear a harvest. |