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# thrifty

adjective (thrifty, thriftier, thriftiest)

«thrifty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A thrifty person is careful with money and does not waste things: they save, reuse and buy only what they need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#m1)

### In the lessons

In money lessons, being thrifty means saving pocket money, comparing prices, mending things and buying second-hand. In the USA, a «thrift store» is a charity shop selling used items. In history, thrifty families in wartime «made do and mend». Phrases: «thrifty shopper», «thrifty habits».

### Examples

- Grandma is very thrifty and reuses wrapping paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x1)
- Being thrifty helped us save for a holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x2)
- My thrifty brother saved all his birthday money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x3)
- We bought thrifty second-hand books for school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x4)
- Thrifty people turn off lights to save money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x5)
- During the war, families had to be thrifty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x6)
- A Widow, thrifty and industrious, had two servants, whom she kept pretty hard at work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/#x7)

### Note

Positive word, unlike «stingy» or «mean» (UK), which mean not wanting to share. Noun: «thrift». Forms: thriftier, thriftiest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thrifty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thrifty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thrifty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thrifty.html) on Mova free.