In villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a frugal manager. ,a frugal meal. From Dictionary.com.
Mrs. Peterkin frugally suggested that they might now keep it for the next day, as to-day was almost gone, and they had had tea. From Wordnik.com. [The Peterkin Papers] Reference
They belittle your efforts to live "frugally" or perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [LivingAlmostLarge] Reference
(let alone one so "frugally" made) that could shut down an entire audience. From Wordnik.com. [Cinematical] Reference
He's frugal and this organization is run frugally. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002] Reference
MR. MCCURRY: Well, he eats pretty frugally, anyhow. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
(Passes him the bacon.) "Use what you get frugally.". From Wordnik.com. [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference
"I've lived so frugally for so long," he says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Tamar Abrams: DJ Qualls: Putting the "Character" in Character Actor] Reference
Life at Penwith had been lived so very frugally for years past. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
The last place they had they'd frugally given up a few years ago. From Wordnik.com. [After Pining for It, Investor Jarecki Gets 19 Gramercy Park] Reference
After that we had traveled abroad, frugally, as befitted our means. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
He lived very frugally and was always on friendly terms with nature. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
She says of the latter, that they do not live so frugally as the Arabs. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands] Reference
The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm]
In Italy she could live frugally, as the peasants lived; and all at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
But, again, this was a guy that was living frugally, making a good salary. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2009] Reference
You know, right after the Second World War we only consumed very frugally. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2004] Reference
Every dollar of government resources is precious and should be used frugally. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Wagler: Obama's One-Time Opportunity: to Restructure the American Economy] Reference
Some people think government runs things more frugally than private enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2009] Reference
One of the things we've learned was when we didn't have money, we acted frugally. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2008] Reference
He dined very frugally, and chose the smallest room in the Quirinal for his dwelling. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
Some part of the Time, I have spent as frugally and industriously as I possibly could. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756] Reference
The masses lived at all times more poorly and frugally because they could do nothing else. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
She says she lives frugally and relies on savings and income from coaching to make ends meet. From Wordnik.com. [Start-Ups on a Shoestring] Reference
I think it is quite safe to say that they will fare very much more frugally than our own men. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
The family of which we made part lived frugally and worked hard: but they were healthy and happy. From Wordnik.com. [The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina] Reference
Who says Donald Trump -- he of 727 jets, 282-foot yachts and 118-room mansions -- can't live frugally?. From Wordnik.com. [Trump's Latest Deal: For Time] Reference
"About tea time," said Peggy who had lunched frugally at one of the tea-shops on a cup of tea and a jam roll. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
Further one should live frugally and not expend endless money on effete rites, as the Confucianists demanded. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
Third, we have to live more frugally than ever before in order to maintain our reserves of food and essential items. From Wordnik.com. [The Space Pioneers] Reference
In the early years of the eighteenth century, a hardy family lived frugally and simply on a few, fertile Norman acres. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
"You could have got along without cushions, you know," said Pat, frugally, as he seated himself in appreciative comfort. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
And the sons of Pandu with their wife Krishna began to reside there, living frugally on fruits and practising rigid vows. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
It turns out that, except for dining out too much (a nonissue now that the baby is here), they both lived pretty frugally. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes] Reference
Constitution, but in taking care that the money appropriated for these purposes shall be faithfully and frugally expended. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
You know, he did it out of the South portico, they did it so frugally that they served cold chicken salad for all the guests. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2005] Reference
Ed took a flat round can from his pocket, lined his lip frugally with snuff, and sat down on the up-ended bucket to watch too. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Mouse] Reference
He lived frugally, reused his coffee grounds and preached the virtues of self-reliance, hard work and conquering fear of the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Death In The Mountains] Reference
He could not live, ever so frugally, on four times the amount: but it was an engagement; and it would enable him to serve his country. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
Dropping by NYC without mentioning it, Garner calls Roger and insists on being invited to the agency's frugally downsized Christmas party. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "Christmas Comes But Once A Year," Except for These Three Wise Guys] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.