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frugally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English frugal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English frugally From frugal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a frugal manner.
    • When they are at work they live most frugally, denying themselves every comfort and luxury till they have made a "pile." 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192:

Forms

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more frugally Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most frugally Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

economically

Translations (1)

es frugalmente (Translations)