economical

Speech parts

1. economical - Adjective

2. economical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to the household; domestic.

Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.

Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.

Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.

Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.

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Examples

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. Emily Dickinson

There are many portions of economical doctrine which appear to me as scientific in form as they are consonant with facts. William Stanley Jevons

There are 1011 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers. Richard Feynman

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government. Grover Cleveland

No gain is as certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have. Latin Proverb

It is not economical to go to bed early to save the candles if the result is twins. Chinese Proverb

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