- 1. a. Pertaining to the household; domestic. Source: opted
- 2. a. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. Source: opted
- 3. a. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. Source: opted
- 4. a. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time. Source: opted
- 5. a. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths. Source: opted
- 6. a. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Source: opted
- 7. adj. using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness Source: wordnet
- 8. adj. of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth Source: wordnet
- 9. adj. avoiding waste Source: wordnet
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