Someone who is economical avoids wasting things, like money or food. So if someone sees you wrapping up a bite of food that could be part of tomorrow's lunch, don't let him call you "cheap." Tell him you are economical.
Adjective S.
using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time"
Adjective S.
avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great De
Adjective
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life"
a.
Pertaining to the household; domestic.
a.
Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of
household affairs.
a.
Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or
unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in
expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
a.
Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or
extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of
money or of time.
a.
Relating to the means of living, or the resources and
wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic
purposes; economical truths.
a.
Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an
end.
Usage Examples
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.
Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.
Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical.
Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all.
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
The more you travel, the better you get at it. It sounds silly, but with experience you learn how to pack the right way. I remember one of my first trips abroad, travelling around Europe by rail, fresh out of high school. I brought all these books with me and a paint set. I really had too much stuff, so I've learnt to be more economical.
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