Definitions for thrifty

thrifty thrift·y

Spelling: [thrif-tee]
IPA: /ˈθrɪf ti/

Thrifty is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in thrifty (fhirtty).

Definitions for thrifty

adjective

  1. practicing thrift or economical management; frugal:
  2. thriving, prosperous, or successful.
  3. thriving physically; growing vigorously.

Origin of thrifty

Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at thrift, -y1

Examples for thrifty

The industrious and thrifty would be at the mercy of the lazy and wicked.

Such reckoning, of course, only holds good of thrifty, homely France.

Also, InLightened: You seem to lament that people aren't as thrifty and disciplined as they were in the old days.

How neat she was, how thrifty, how comfortable, and how comforting!

Peter Beinart asks: Is calling Jews thrifty really so offensive?

We doubt the thrifty royals will go that far though somehow.

A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

He cites the thrifty values of his father, a Greek immigrant, as the inspiration for his advocacy for their national equivalent.

CBS is a close, penny-pinching second, and CNBC wins the thrifty award for cable.

She declared she was thrifty, but neither a miser, nor a kidnaper, nor a witch.

Word Value for thrifty
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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