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fru·gal
(fro͞o′gəl)adj.
1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
2. Simple or costing little; meager or inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
[Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty, from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue.]
fru·gal′i·ty (fro͞o-găl′ĭ-tē), fru′gal·ness n.
fru′gal·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | frugally - in a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop" |
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