Economically
[iːkə'nɒmɪklɪ] or [,ikə'nɑmɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) with respect to economic science; 'economically this proposal makes no sense'.
(adv.) with respect to the economic system; 'economically the country is worse off'.
(adv.) in an economical manner.
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Definition
(adv.) With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
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Examples
- It was tastefully though economically furnished, and very neatly arranged. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fighting stock serves best for that purpose economically. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He turned his attention afterwards to music; and it was in his attempts to devise some means of printing his compositions economically that he chanced to discover the art of Lithography. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The air engine would in many respects possess advantages over the steam engine, if it could be worked economically. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It is also employed economically for engravings, to give a fine surface to a thick sheet of coarser material. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- To take into account the contribution made by the existing instincts and habits of those directed is to direct them economically and wisely. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But considering the special features of the problems to be solved, his methods will be accepted as those economically wise and expedient. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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