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Economical   /ˌɛkənˈɑmɪkəl/  /ˌikənˈɑmɪkəl/   Listen
adjective
Economical, Economic  adj.  
1.
Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune (of ill-assorted matrimony.)"
2.
Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. "And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve."
3.
Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; said of character or habits. "Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance."
4.
Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil.
5.
Of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn. "These matters economical and political." "There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization." "Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people."
6.
Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
7.
Of or pertaining to economics. "Economic theory"
8.
Profitable. Opposite of uneconomic.
9.
Avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful.
Synonyms: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty. Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.





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"Economical" Quotes from Famous Books



... at once to be economical, Bull. There is no saying what may happen after this battle ...
— Under Wellington's Command - A Tale of the Peninsular War • G. A. Henty
... so keen, and the margin of profits has been cut down so closely that virtue cannot afford to throw any bona fide chance away, and must base her action rather on the actual moneying out of conduct than on a flattering prospectus. She will not therefore neglect—as some do who are prudent and economical enough in other matters—the important factor of our chance of escaping detection, or at any rate of our dying first. A reasonable virtue will give this chance its due ...
— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler
... Europe, it was natural that in a crude and stirring age, when strife was the dominant passion of the people, the idea of a holy war in the cause of faith was one in which Christian Europe was ready to take an example from the followers of Islam. The political, economical, and social state of affairs, the misery and suffering of the people, and even the hierarchy and the ascetic spirit of the time certainly made the minds of the people accessible to the idea of war; the spirit of unrest ...
— History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12) • S. Rappoport
... that his materials were intractable, because science had not yet reduced them to order by generalising the laws of their phenomena. In the second half of the eighteenth century the intellectual movement began to be turned directly against the state. Economical and financial inquiries began to absorb popular attention. Rousseau headed the political movement, whereas the government in its financial straits turned against the clergy, whose position was already undermined, and against whom Voltaire ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. - Modern History • Arthur Mee
... copying items into a stock-book by the light of a solitary tallow-candle. The stranger looked like a customer, and Mr. Tulliver received him graciously, turning up the gas over the counter, which had been burning at a diminished and economical rate hitherto. ...
— Fenton's Quest • M. E. Braddon


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