thriftily

adverb

Definition of thriftilynext
as in frugally

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Recent Examples of thriftily Time, not thriftily spent but flagrantly wasted at cards or the wheel, is brought to a standstill right at the moment of its greatest potentiality—this would have to be the ultimate payoff. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriftily
  1. frugally
  2. cheaply
  3. inexpensively
  4. economically
  5. poorly
  6. sparingly
  7. meagerly
Adverb
  • Maines lived frugally and generously left his estate to charity, funding a scholarship at his alma mater, SUNY at Canton, and supporting local journalism at The Asheville Watchdog.
    — Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of frugally
Adverb
  • Shelie Miller, a University of Michigan professor who studies the environmental impacts of products, said Halloween costumes, like fast fashion, are often made cheaply from plastic materials.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • That's the reason why a major trend in military spheres is to create counter-drone systems that are not only effective, but can be built cheaply and in vast numbers in a short time.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheaply
Adverb
  • If a good could be inexpensively produced elsewhere, everyone benefitted.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of inexpensively
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  • After all, no company wants to buy the first few that are economically prohibitive, so the Army is jumping in financially and then helping the economies of scale take over.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Increasingly, what is economically efficient is no longer politically tenable.
    — Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of economically
Adverb
  • Things were going poorly even before Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ran the most offensive ad of the year.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • His season started poorly with an injury in the first game of the year.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of poorly
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, Milwaukee has used Uecker’s intellectual property sparingly.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • And the absence of the Heat’s typical high-effort defense was noticeable, especially against a team like Minnesota that sparingly moves the ball around before chucking it up from long distance.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of sparingly
Adverb
  • Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
    — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of meagerly

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“Thriftily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thriftily. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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