fiscally

[fis-kuh-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that involves money or financial matters.

   The hospital's financial reports verify that they are more fiscally sound than they have been in the past.

Other Word Forms

• nonfiscally adverb
• quasi-fiscally adverb
• unfiscally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiscally¹

fiscal ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged last week huge government spending to boost the economy, insisting it was fiscally responsible despite fears it would worsen the country's colossal debt burden.

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It needs the opposite: fiscally responsible leaders who value private enterprise and don’t try to buy elections by making wild promises with other people’s money.

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The tens of billions of pounds of tax hikes Ms. Reeves introduced last year have been economically destructive and fiscally unhelpful—especially a payroll-tax increase that hurt job creation.

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“Now we’re back to a normal interest rate environment, you have to be more fiscally responsible and get your finances on a sustainable path.”

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Indiana had a 25 percent default rate; California, only 5 percent, even though Californians were, on the face of it, far less fiscally responsible.

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