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thriftily

thrif·tily

uncommon

adverb

1.

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”

Origin

From Middle English thriftily, þriftiliche, equivalent to thrifty + -ly.

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