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单词 thriftily
释义

thrifty

adjective

ˈthrif-tē How to pronounce thrifty (audio)
thriftier; thriftiest
1
: given to or marked by economy and good management
2
: thriving by industry and frugality : prosperous
3
: growing vigorously
thriftily
ˈthrif-tə-lē How to pronounce thrifty (audio)
adverb
thriftiness
ˈthrif-tē-nəs How to pronounce thrifty (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • economical
  • economizing
  • frugal
  • provident
  • scrimping
  • sparing
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Example Sentences

if you are thrifty, you can find ways to decorate your room stylishly yet inexpensively
Recent Examples on the Web The competitors will have to decide if being thrifty is the way to go since the winner will ultimately win the remaining funds. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 Neuroscientists have found that our thrifty brains piggyback the experience of emotional pain in the same location. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022 The legs — a thrifty cut of the bird — are pierced and rubbed with a sweet and spicy paste of oil and honey whisked with Cajun seasoning, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, chili powder and garlic powder. Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 That doesn’t add up to an ideal environment for convincing thrifty households to pour their life savings into property. Jacky Wong, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Annie Ramirez’s penchant for yard designs may stem from her father, a thrifty man who loved Halloween. Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 4 July 2022 While notoriously underfunded-to-financially-thrifty, nonprofit businesses are the epitome of ‘champagne tastes on a beer budget’, or rather, in dire need of best tech strategy to deliver highest value. Paige Francis, Forbes, 20 June 2022 The rest of us, who work with what nature has given us, find that our lawns disappear after the flush of spring because nature here gives with such a thrifty hand. Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 26 May 2022 Our dinners were usually thrifty and utilitarian, with lots of repeats, but holidays and birthdays — celebrations of any kind — were another thing entirely. Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

thrifty

adjective

ˈthrif-tē How to pronounce thrifty (audio)
thriftier; thriftiest
: carefully and wisely managing money

thriftily

adverb

as in frugally

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • frugally
  • cheaply
  • inexpensively
  • sparingly
  • economically
  • poorly
  • meagerly
  • prudently
  • sparely
  • sensibly
  • unpretentiously
  • reasonably
  • skimpily
  • moderately
  • conservatively
  • temperately
  • humbly
  • austerely
  • restrainedly
  • modestly
  • simply
  • plainly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • richly
  • extravagantly
  • expensively
  • lavishly
  • luxuriously
  • sumptuously
  • high
  • opulently
  • grandly
  • magnificently
  • impressively
  • splendidly
  • large
  • fatly
  • ostentatiously
  • plushly
  • imposingly
  • pompously
  • palatially
  • pretentiously
  • grandiosely
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