thrifty
adjective
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.
thriftiness
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a word derived from
thrifty.
Example Sentences
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Despite thriftiness on essentials, these shoppers continue to spend on luxury items, wellness, and travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Pieced-together bedding has demonstrated thriftiness, whether for contemporary Japanese householders enveloping futons in plaid fragments, or Gilded Age wives making coverlets out of golden silk ribbons from their husbands’ cigar packages.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Events will include craft demonstrations, re-enactments and some will even highlight the Viking's thriftiness, Mr Henry said.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2023
Guralnick practices New England thriftiness by buying vintage and creating botanical art from fallen leaves.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
Where there had been wastefulness, there was now thriftiness.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
