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frugal
[ froo-guhl ]
adjective
- economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful:
What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks.
Synonyms: penny-pinching, tight, stingy, miserly, prudent, careful, provident, chary, thrifty
Antonyms: profligate, prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant, wasteful
a frugal meal.
frugal
/ ˈfruːɡəl /
adjective
- practising economy; living without waste; thrifty
- not costly; meagre
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Derived Forms
- fruˈgality, noun
- ˈfrugally, adverb
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Other Words From
- fru·gal·i·ty [froo-, gal, -i-tee], fru·gal·ness noun
- fru·gal·ly adverb
- non·fru·gal adjective
- non·fru·gal·ness noun
- o·ver·fru·gal adjective
- un·fru·gal adjective
- un·fru·gal·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of frugal1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Even a frugal firm like Wal-Mart is enlarging its Silicon Valley presence.
Much of the praise Edwards earned for his Godzilla adaptation stemmed from his frugal use of the monster.
It could be that is exactly what frugal Pope Francis has in mind for the Bishop of Bling.
Grey played Christine, a high-class escort in New York City whose clients have become more frugal due to the financial crisis.
“My grandmother didn't die poor, but the majority of what she did was very frugal,” he says to me.
He was of frugal and temperate habits, a wiry man at the height of his physical powers, with lean flanks and a deep chest.
"He'll do until the doctor comes to-morrow," said Seth, as he presently found Barrington at the frugal meal.
They are, however, happy on account of their simple manners and frugal way of life.
Truphemy not knowing him, he was pointed out partaking of a frugal breakfast with the family.
Both were frugal men, and they now decided to invest all their funds in the scheme, which promised to make or break them.
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