Meanings
adverbfrugally (comparative more frugally, superlative most frugally)
comparative more frugally · superlative most frugally
- In a frugal manner.
When they are at work they live most frugally, denying themselves every comfort and luxury till they have made a "pile."
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192Synonyms: economically
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a frugal manner.
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Origin
- Englishfrugal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishfrugally
Translations
Spanish frugalmente
- frugalmenteTranslations
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