Crossword clues for thriftiness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thriftiness \Thrift"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being thrifty.
WordNet
n. frugality in the expenditure of money or resources; "the Scots are famous for their economy" [syn: economy]
Usage examples of "thriftiness".
That reminded him of how thrifty she was, and he promptly decided-at least for the moment-that her thriftiness was one of her most endearingly amusing qualities.
The gentle spinster had taken Cara into her home and raised her with love and kindness, inculcating into her, as she grew to adult hood, the virtues of thriftiness, tidiness, and prudence.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory, but before it could arrive, Jefferson had concluded that it must be some article of home-produced clothing, and so in reply to Adams wrote at length about the virtues of the spinning jenny and loom, and of the thriftiness of household manufactures.
The economy and thriftiness resulting from our household manufactures are such that they will never again be laid aside.