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adjective |
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. |