thrifty
adjective
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.
thriftier
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comparativeof thrifty.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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While affluent Americans are getting thriftier on essentials, they are still spending on extras like wellness and travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
But new survey data show that baby boomers — America’s richest generation and one often perceived as being thriftier those that followed — are more wasteful in certain spending categories than younger people.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Price hikes are accelerating particularly in food items, and household sentiment may turn more thriftier in coming months,” said Takumi Tsunoda, senior economist at Shinkin Central Bank Research Institute.
From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2022
Few of the team’s other thriftier free-agent signings panned out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2019
When the war broke out there were about four million French families who owned their homes and a thriftier and more industrious people could hardly be found.
From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by James T. (James Thomas) Nichols
