A used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a thrifty shopper. From Dictionary.com.
One weak bulb glowed thriftily in the rose-shaded lamp on the sideboard. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
Almost everyone of the grafts of the Beaver grew thriftily on the bitternut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919] Reference
Some of the stone was thriftily handdug by the museum's president, Lila W. Berle. From Wordnik.com. [America, America] Reference
The more there is of this humus in the soil, the more thriftily plants will grow. From Wordnik.com. [Conservation Reader] Reference
Jamie put the cork thriftily back in, and tucked the empty bottle away in the creel. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
The beautiful autumn weeks multiplied to months, and Glory's plan prospered thriftily. From Wordnik.com. [Glory and the Other Girl] Reference
My lovely Mr Jeremy sitting in one of our handsome new, thriftily Craigsourced armchairs. From Wordnik.com. [Yatima » 2008 » April] Reference
This was an evident case of diminished root power, but the plant grew as thriftily as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
All three trees growing very thriftily and all set nuts this spring, but did not hold them. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
The lanterns lit for the party had been removed, their candles thriftily snuffed for later use. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
Everywhere along the spillways alfalfa spread thriftily, or strawberry plants sent out new tendrils. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Patrick wrote a question, putting it thriftily to the left of the question-mark he had already drawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Tower]
Jamie made a derisive Scottish noise, then picked up Christie's half-full cup and thriftily drained it. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Khefti thriftily had his cook pickle the rinds from his melons, in keeping with his parsimonious nature. From Wordnik.com. [Joust]
And now that they were all gathered in around the fire, Kyrt-ian had thriftily canceled his mage-lights. From Wordnik.com. [Elvenborn]
He gratefully swished his mouth with whisky for disinfectant purposes, though, and thriftily swallowed it. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
Whenever he stayed home in the evening he went to bed early, and thriftily got ahead in those dismal duties. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
He declined to drink whatever it was, whereupon she thriftily used it to bathe his scraped knuckles instead. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
He also agreed to live thriftily till his debts were paid, and to leave his sons as hostages with Earl Simon. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
The most important part is to keep it growing thriftily without getting too fat, if it is to be raised for the dairy. From Wordnik.com. [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference
The few successful ones soon sprout into a number of young trees that grow thriftily until their crowns begin to meet. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
But there are no plants of high quality that grow more thriftily if protected from cold winds and kept perfectly clean. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Where can you find young redwoods growing more thriftily than among their giant ancestors, nearly or quite as old as the. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
I finished my own breakfast, and thriftily polished off Jamie's toast as well, then waddled upstairs for my morning nap. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
There were acacia trees and scrubby brush, which the nomads used thriftily, to start fires, but never for the fire itself. From Wordnik.com. [Aerie]
The poor man lives thriftily and attentive to his work; he has not got too much, but he does not lack what he really needs. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2] Reference
The poor man lives thriftily and attentive to his work: he has not got too much, but he does not lack what he really needs. From Wordnik.com. [Plutus] Reference
CARTER: If we learn to live thriftily and remember the importance of helping our neighbors, then we can find ways to adjust. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2006] Reference
They germinated well, and the little trees grew thriftily, the catalpa reaching a height of eighteen inches before the Fair closed. From Wordnik.com. [New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission] Reference
The trees are growing very thriftily, but they show the Siebold characteristic without much evidence of the English walnut parentage. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
I find the tree hardy here; a moderate bearer; apples fine and handsome; a good keeper; tree does not blight and grows very thriftily. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
In a roundup of brandies available in the city in 1955, she declared that grappa "is thriftily distilled" from "the residue in wine vats.". From Wordnik.com. [Not Grandpapa's Grappa] Reference
"Pick them right up, then," said the little store-keeper, thriftily. From Wordnik.com. [Cricket at the Seashore] Reference
Parisian piece thriftily and coarsely extracted from Balzac's Eugénie. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Boy and Others] Reference
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