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Definition: Thriftily |
ThriftilyAdverb1. In a thrifty manner; "a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thriftily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references) |
Crosswords: Thriftily |
| English words defined with "thriftily": Unthriftfully, Unthriftily. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "thriftily": Unthriftfully. (references) |
| "Thriftily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thriftily" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "thriftily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me vrull (busily, headlong, rashly, vehemently, zestfully), me kujdes (carefully, choicely, deliberately, guardedly, neatly, warily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wirtschaftlich (careful, economic, economical, economically, labor, labour, thrifty), sparsam (canny, economical, economically, frugal, fugal, parsimonious, parsimoniously, saving, spare, sparing, sparingly, thrifty), haushälterisch (economical, thrifty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετρημένα, φειδωλώσ, οικονομικώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | takarékosan (economically, frugally, sparingly, to economize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iftilythray gospodãreşte (economically, wisely), cu economie (providently). (various references) бережливо (economically, frugally). (various references) економно (economically, thin), енергійно (actively, aggressively, arduously, busily, toughly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | parce. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "thriftily" (pronounced 'Thrift"i*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-h-i-i-l-r-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: lithify, thrifty. | |
-3 letters: filthy, flirty, thirty, thrift. | |
-4 letters: filth, firth, fitly, flirt, frith, fritt, thirl, tilth, yirth. | |
-5 letters: flit, frit, hili, hilt, lift, liri, rift, thir, tilt, tirl, titi. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 69 66 74 69 6C 79 |
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