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Thrifty

//ˈθɹɪfti// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Showing thrift; economical; frugal.

    "That was a certain trade, while th' age was thrifty, / And men good husbands, look'd into their stocks, / Had their minds bounded; now the public riot / Prostitutes all, scatters away in coaches, / In footmens coats, and waiting womens gowns"

  2. 2
    Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously. dated

    "The life of religion is this water of life; where that runs, where that is received, and where things are done in this spirit, there all things are well: The church thrifty, the soul thrifty, graces thrifty, and all is well."

  3. 3
    Preserved by thrift; carefully managed. obsolete

    "They han great stores, and thriftye flockes, / great freendes and feeble foes"

Adjective
  1. 1
    mindful of the future in spending money wordnet
  2. 2
    careful and diligent in the use of resources wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English thrifty, threfty, thryfty, þrifti, equivalent to thrift + -y.

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