Definition of thrifty in English:

thrifty

adjectivethriftier, thriftiest ˈθrɪftiˈθrɪfti

1Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.
he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful
Example sentencesExamples
- The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic.
- He saw the saga of another thrifty and resourceful people who had thrown off the imperial yoke - of Spain, in this case - in the name of liberty.
- I'm cheap (or rather thrifty and money smart), but a lot of cultures don't tip.
- She named an amount of money for this service which my thrifty husband felt was ridiculous.
- Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for.
- So even thrifty patients are joining the ranks of the one-fifth of Americans who currently cannot afford what their doctors prescribe and are forced to skip doses, or entire prescriptions, in order to make ends meet.
- ‘Through the years we were very thrifty and spent and invested wisely,’ she says.
- Needle skills were admired in ladies of leisure - matrons of means, nuns, and thrifty housewives - but not in women who had to support themselves.
- She is very resourceful and thrifty, but her face is always expressionless, except for an occasional look of fear.
- The movement started in 2002 in Spain, where thrifty followers staged choreographed shopping-mall stunts like looting clothes from one store and returning them to another or wearing them back for flash fashion shows.
- The result also reveals that kids from more well-off families tend to spend their money lavishly while those whose parents are unemployed are more thrifty.
- The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare.
- Maggie Thatcher wasn't a politician, but an ordinary thrifty housewife who had somehow become Prime Minister.
- If people tend to be thrifty and to save their money, there is no guarantee that the money saved will be invested to further the economic prosperity of the country.
- The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
- More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used.
- Living on imported food was not a thrifty way to spend money.
- People who save see others as wasteful while people who spend see others as thrifty.
- Despite meagre wages she had been thrifty and had saved money towards going to Chiang Mai University, gaining her teaching degree in 1976.
- O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful.
Synonyms
careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly
North American forehanded
2dialect, archaic (of livestock or plants) strong and healthy.
the sheep are vigorous and thrifty
Example sentencesExamples
- The primary goals of most forest management plans are to grow healthy, thrifty trees and also to remove the defective, diseased trees - replacing them with healthy vigorous ones.
1. 2.1 Prosperous.

Derivatives

thriftily

adverb ˈθrɪftɪliˈθrɪftəli

Is there not more scope for dishes like fishcakes and seafood stews where fish is thriftily combined with cheap decent ingredients?
Example sentencesExamples
- With former spendthrifts spending thriftily, getting your stockings stuffed with unnecessary calories and self-loathing is pretty much left to you.
- Cajuns thriftily made use of a variety of animals in their cuisine.
- Kipling, like many others, blamed the Government of India for trying to conduct the occupation of Mesopotamia too thriftily.
- And they wind up in the ER with complications from untreated chronic problems, requiring care that is considerably more expensive than the ongoing management they thriftily refused.
- If we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbours then we can find ways to adjust.
- Much of the evening has an angular beauty about it, whether it is Thomas Leipzig's design - which looks very much as if it has been thriftily recycled from a previous Barker show - or the actors' performances, which needle nicely.
- The heads, tails and ‘cleanings’ were thriftily dug into the garden, just as those who had lived around the bay in the past had known how to give their crops a good meal of fish to ensure that they had a fine start.

thriftiness

noun ˈθrɪftɪnəsˈθrɪftinəs

‘I called a lot of favours,’ says Tucker, of his considerable capacity for thriftiness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Had their share of business activity been greater, their increase in thriftiness and prudence might have deepened or prolonged the recession.
- Of course it's more practical and economical to buy an inexpensive, bottom of the range import but, let's face it, there's little elegance in thriftiness, and no store of value.
- In the weeks up to Christmas, the thriftiness of shoppers left retailers worried as they feared people were saving for the sales.
- Strictly speaking, there is no gene for a sucking reflex, let alone for female coyness or Scottish thriftiness or cognizance of the concept of zero.
- Moreover, from his low-church background Parks has also inherited a preference for puritan thriftiness which shows in his writing.

Rhymes

fifty, fifty-fifty, nifty, shifty, swiftie

Definition of thrifty in US English:

thrifty

adjectiveˈTHriftēˈθrɪfti

1(of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.
he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful
Example sentencesExamples
- Maggie Thatcher wasn't a politician, but an ordinary thrifty housewife who had somehow become Prime Minister.
- She named an amount of money for this service which my thrifty husband felt was ridiculous.
- The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare.
- People who save see others as wasteful while people who spend see others as thrifty.
- Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for.
- She is very resourceful and thrifty, but her face is always expressionless, except for an occasional look of fear.
- Needle skills were admired in ladies of leisure - matrons of means, nuns, and thrifty housewives - but not in women who had to support themselves.
- Despite meagre wages she had been thrifty and had saved money towards going to Chiang Mai University, gaining her teaching degree in 1976.
- So even thrifty patients are joining the ranks of the one-fifth of Americans who currently cannot afford what their doctors prescribe and are forced to skip doses, or entire prescriptions, in order to make ends meet.
- O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful.
- The result also reveals that kids from more well-off families tend to spend their money lavishly while those whose parents are unemployed are more thrifty.
- If people tend to be thrifty and to save their money, there is no guarantee that the money saved will be invested to further the economic prosperity of the country.
- More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used.
- He saw the saga of another thrifty and resourceful people who had thrown off the imperial yoke - of Spain, in this case - in the name of liberty.
- I'm cheap (or rather thrifty and money smart), but a lot of cultures don't tip.
- Living on imported food was not a thrifty way to spend money.
- The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic.
- ‘Through the years we were very thrifty and spent and invested wisely,’ she says.
- The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
- The movement started in 2002 in Spain, where thrifty followers staged choreographed shopping-mall stunts like looting clothes from one store and returning them to another or wearing them back for flash fashion shows.
Synonyms
careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly
2dialect, archaic (of livestock or plants) strong and healthy.
the sheep are vigorous and thrifty
Example sentencesExamples
- The primary goals of most forest management plans are to grow healthy, thrifty trees and also to remove the defective, diseased trees - replacing them with healthy vigorous ones.
1. 2.1 Prosperous.

单词	thrifty
释义	Definition of thrifty in English: thrifty adjectivethriftier, thriftiest ˈθrɪftiˈθrɪfti 1Using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful Example sentencesExamples The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic. He saw the saga of another thrifty and resourceful people who had thrown off the imperial yoke - of Spain, in this case - in the name of liberty. I'm cheap (or rather thrifty and money smart), but a lot of cultures don't tip. She named an amount of money for this service which my thrifty husband felt was ridiculous. Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for. So even thrifty patients are joining the ranks of the one-fifth of Americans who currently cannot afford what their doctors prescribe and are forced to skip doses, or entire prescriptions, in order to make ends meet. ‘Through the years we were very thrifty and spent and invested wisely,’ she says. Needle skills were admired in ladies of leisure - matrons of means, nuns, and thrifty housewives - but not in women who had to support themselves. She is very resourceful and thrifty, but her face is always expressionless, except for an occasional look of fear. The movement started in 2002 in Spain, where thrifty followers staged choreographed shopping-mall stunts like looting clothes from one store and returning them to another or wearing them back for flash fashion shows. The result also reveals that kids from more well-off families tend to spend their money lavishly while those whose parents are unemployed are more thrifty. The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare. Maggie Thatcher wasn't a politician, but an ordinary thrifty housewife who had somehow become Prime Minister. If people tend to be thrifty and to save their money, there is no guarantee that the money saved will be invested to further the economic prosperity of the country. The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used. Living on imported food was not a thrifty way to spend money. People who save see others as wasteful while people who spend see others as thrifty. Despite meagre wages she had been thrifty and had saved money towards going to Chiang Mai University, gaining her teaching degree in 1976. O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful. Synonyms careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly North American forehanded 2dialect, archaic (of livestock or plants) strong and healthy. the sheep are vigorous and thrifty Example sentencesExamples The primary goals of most forest management plans are to grow healthy, thrifty trees and also to remove the defective, diseased trees - replacing them with healthy vigorous ones. 2.1 Prosperous. Derivatives thriftily adverb ˈθrɪftɪliˈθrɪftəli Is there not more scope for dishes like fishcakes and seafood stews where fish is thriftily combined with cheap decent ingredients? Example sentencesExamples With former spendthrifts spending thriftily, getting your stockings stuffed with unnecessary calories and self-loathing is pretty much left to you. Cajuns thriftily made use of a variety of animals in their cuisine. Kipling, like many others, blamed the Government of India for trying to conduct the occupation of Mesopotamia too thriftily. And they wind up in the ER with complications from untreated chronic problems, requiring care that is considerably more expensive than the ongoing management they thriftily refused. If we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbours then we can find ways to adjust. Much of the evening has an angular beauty about it, whether it is Thomas Leipzig's design - which looks very much as if it has been thriftily recycled from a previous Barker show - or the actors' performances, which needle nicely. The heads, tails and ‘cleanings’ were thriftily dug into the garden, just as those who had lived around the bay in the past had known how to give their crops a good meal of fish to ensure that they had a fine start. thriftiness noun ˈθrɪftɪnəsˈθrɪftinəs ‘I called a lot of favours,’ says Tucker, of his considerable capacity for thriftiness. Example sentencesExamples Had their share of business activity been greater, their increase in thriftiness and prudence might have deepened or prolonged the recession. Of course it's more practical and economical to buy an inexpensive, bottom of the range import but, let's face it, there's little elegance in thriftiness, and no store of value. In the weeks up to Christmas, the thriftiness of shoppers left retailers worried as they feared people were saving for the sales. Strictly speaking, there is no gene for a sucking reflex, let alone for female coyness or Scottish thriftiness or cognizance of the concept of zero. Moreover, from his low-church background Parks has also inherited a preference for puritan thriftiness which shows in his writing. Rhymes fifty, fifty-fifty, nifty, shifty, swiftie Definition of thrifty in US English: thrifty adjectiveˈTHriftēˈθrɪfti 1(of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful Example sentencesExamples Maggie Thatcher wasn't a politician, but an ordinary thrifty housewife who had somehow become Prime Minister. She named an amount of money for this service which my thrifty husband felt was ridiculous. The housewife of Jaffna, being thrifty, makes minimum use of ingredients to turn out simple, wholesome fare. People who save see others as wasteful while people who spend see others as thrifty. Being thrifty with his money is not something the Bond star is renowned for. She is very resourceful and thrifty, but her face is always expressionless, except for an occasional look of fear. Needle skills were admired in ladies of leisure - matrons of means, nuns, and thrifty housewives - but not in women who had to support themselves. Despite meagre wages she had been thrifty and had saved money towards going to Chiang Mai University, gaining her teaching degree in 1976. So even thrifty patients are joining the ranks of the one-fifth of Americans who currently cannot afford what their doctors prescribe and are forced to skip doses, or entire prescriptions, in order to make ends meet. O-lan is plain looking, dull, and slow, but she is hard working, thrifty, and resourceful. The result also reveals that kids from more well-off families tend to spend their money lavishly while those whose parents are unemployed are more thrifty. If people tend to be thrifty and to save their money, there is no guarantee that the money saved will be invested to further the economic prosperity of the country. More expensive water will provide an incentive to be more thrifty in how it is used. He saw the saga of another thrifty and resourceful people who had thrown off the imperial yoke - of Spain, in this case - in the name of liberty. I'm cheap (or rather thrifty and money smart), but a lot of cultures don't tip. Living on imported food was not a thrifty way to spend money. The cash-strapped collegian or the thrifty housewife would certainly understand this logic. ‘Through the years we were very thrifty and spent and invested wisely,’ she says. The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. The movement started in 2002 in Spain, where thrifty followers staged choreographed shopping-mall stunts like looting clothes from one store and returning them to another or wearing them back for flash fashion shows. Synonyms careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, energy-efficient, energy-saving, fuel-efficient, fuel-saving, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly 2dialect, archaic (of livestock or plants) strong and healthy. the sheep are vigorous and thrifty Example sentencesExamples The primary goals of most forest management plans are to grow healthy, thrifty trees and also to remove the defective, diseased trees - replacing them with healthy vigorous ones. 2.1 Prosperous.
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