单词 | frugally |
释义 | > as lemmasˈfrugally ˈfrugally adv. in a frugal manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adverb] gnedelyc1000 fastinglya1425 scantlyc1440 sparinglyc1450 husbandly1532 savingly1534 sparely1559 charily1577 frugally1597 sparing1623 stintingly1857 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 241 For worldly goods it sufficeth frugally & honestly to vse them to our owne benefit. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 37 Plato seemed too frugally politick, who allowed no larger Monument then would contain for Heroick Verses. 1721 G. Berkeley Ess. Preventing Ruine Great Brit. 6 That Sum..frugally and prudently laid out in Work-houses. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets III. 157 He seldom lives frugally who lives by chance. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) I. 373 His frugally elegant small house and table. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 328 The bunch of grapes or stalk of garlic they frugally dined on. < as lemmas |
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