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Word entry · 7 letters

thrifty

Best crossword clue

"Spends sparingly"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈθɹɪfti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted fhirttyStarts with TEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2H3R4I5F6T7Y

Definitions

  1. mindful of the future in spending money

Word origin

From Middle English thrifty, threfty, thryfty, þrifti, equivalent to thrift + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • But, Gentlemen, the gallant Admiral has told you he has two loves; and he seems to have made a prudent choice, and been a very thrifty wooer.

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