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# economically

«economically» in Mova's school dictionary: **about money, trade, jobs and business** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (economically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Economically means in a way that is about money, trade, jobs and business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#m1)

2) Economically means without wasting money, time or materials; using little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and social studies: a country grows economically, an area is economically poor. In everyday life and science: use water economically, cut the paper economically to waste less. Phrases: economically developed, economically important, live economically.

### examples

- The town is economically important because of its port. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x1)
- We packed the boxes economically so nothing was wasted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x2)
- Try to use the glue economically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x3)
- Some countries are richer economically than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x4)
- Cycling to school is cheap and economically sensible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x5)
- Mum shops economically by buying in bulk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x6)
- "That depends upon wind and weather," said the elf king; "they travel economically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/#x7)

### note

From economy and economic. Spelling: econom-ic-ally (ends -ically, four syllables after "eco"). "Economic" is about the economy; "economical" means not wasteful; the adverb "economically" covers both. In maths it links to saving money and using the least amount.

### In the corpora

- ["Economically disadvantaged" (official) means poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/20/)
- ["Economically inactive" means not working and not looking for work (UK official language).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «economically» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/economically/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.