thriftily

[ UK /θɹˈɪftɪli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a thrifty manner
    a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use thriftily In A Sentence

  • He said that his breed was dying, and that it was not well-argued for any man to lie unthriftily in the grateful dead of ‘Estreekin Sahib’.
  • If we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbours then we can find ways to adjust.
  • Is there not more scope for dishes like fishcakes and seafood stews where fish is thriftily combined with cheap decent ingredients?
  • Xie Jin lives before death thriftily , after dying, also conforms to simplicity the ceremony.
  • a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket
  • His brother Stephen, several years older than he, was so unthriftily hot-tempered as to shoot his horse, a very fine animal, when it fidgeted.
  • Older prose fictions often have titles which straggle, unthriftily, by mentioning so many unknowns that we forget all of them as we plod down their title-pages.
  • Glory in living thriftily and struggling ; take sybaritism to be a disgrace.
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy