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thrifty
/ˈθɹɪfti/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
disastrous, good, hardworking, neglected, pretty, stingy, temporary, thriftless
VERB + THRIFTY
age, tax
THRIFTY + NOUN
consumers, deflation, guy, men, people, person, urn
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
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
Nor less disastrous, should his thrifty urn / Neglected leave the once well-water'd land, / To dreary wastes yon paradise would turn, / Polluted ooze, or heaps of barren sand.
2
Thriving, prosperous, successful; (of an animal or plant) growing rapidly or vigorously.
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.
the lands on this road are of an excellent quality, and in many places light timbered, in others covered with thrifty oak, black walnut, sugar maple, beach and linden.
3
Preserved by thrift; carefully managed.
They han great stores, and thriftye flockes, / great freendes and feeble foes
But do not ſo: I haue fiue hundred Crownes, The thriftie hire I ſaued vnder your Father, Which I did ſtore to be my foſter Nurſe
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — mindful of the future in spending money
Antonyms
- wasteful
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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
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Nor less disastrous, should his thrifty urn / Neglected leave the once well-water'd land, / To dreary wastes yon paradise would turn, / Polluted ooze, or heaps of barren sand.
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Both were thrifty and hardworking. From the beginning of their marriage both worked steadily and saved every penny above their basic living expenses. By their first anniversary they were saving almost
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He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
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It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
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Tom is thrifty.
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